All the armchair MBAs having a field day with PEP. Poor Ramon getting challenged by the the McKinsey wannabes with well detailed analysis and insights on all PEPs missteps. Now we learn there is no plan. PEPNA is fluid and we will make it up as we go? Meanwhile, employees run with hundreds of competing priorities, work in silos that re--rd speed to market, and push allied brands for Q4 incentives. Q4 cost contingencies don’t allow you to buy Tommy a nice lunch for his 40 year anniversary, but he sold the first case of Pepsi to KFC! Ramon is busy scrolling through his FIFA photo album and snacking on lays like a school girl while Pepsi employees wonder WTF is happening to our company.
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I have 30 years of experience in the field. My phone rings about five times a day from ex-peptriots seeking information, sharing what they’re hearing, and so on. It’s loud.