Thinking of joining a role in plano site. Wondering if it will be a good fit- how the culture is, toxic ppl monitoring what time youre in or out? Are everyones teams based out of Plano and India? Do y’all go in the morning and stay until end of day or the managers are flexible enough to let you leave early for traffic etc. Heard ppl get put on PIP often by managers, is it true across depts? Need some insights before onboarding. Dr appts need pto usage or managers allow flexibility? Are there many good managers at all? Bonuses- good or bad %? Are coworkers respectful of others insights in projects. Role- it product
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Because at PepsiCo, when working with someone is "difficult" that just means that they are challenging you to grow.
Those closest to her are likely insulating her from hearing anything negative, or they are all just yes men (more likely).
Is Athina unaware of what’s going on, or is she choosing to ignore it? It’s frustrating that consulting companies are paid so much to tell us how to run things, when that money could have been used for employees. One of her team leads often implies others aren’t capable, which is discouraging and not acceptable. She always talks about how great M*** is(previous company she came from), but her being in PepsiCo says otherwise. Working with or for her is difficult, and everyone notices it. How is Athina not hearing this feedback?
Lot of tattletales and backstabbing at FLNA .
My team has 1 outside hire over the past 4 years, they don’t like them and absolutely treat them differently.
The answers to a lot of your questions truly vary by team. One thing that was pretty obvious to me over 20 plus years was that in Frito Lay, a lot of value is placed on long time, career Frito Lay employees. They were not very welcoming or kind to outsiders, even/especially people from other divisions. They thought very highly of Frito Lay systems, processes and people. In IT the issue is stability, due to continual offshoring and layoffs.
Been here 10 yrs only seen one PIP ever. They just do layoffs every year instead, sometimes multiple times per year
I've never had anyone get on my case about time in office but every manager is different. All mine have been very flexible, the main reason I am still here
Thanks to you all for responding and sharing your insights.. No, im not a campus hire, coming mid- career and am not a fan of going out to please manager- I am a human, will share my insights and suggestions for a project, if we disagree, its fine we can be civil and i respect the decisions made. That should be the standard in 2024 and not otherwise but unfortunately here we are! I work in a hybrid role but my company values flexibility so its ok for me to leave early sometimes if needed. Is there a minimum # of hours to be in the office or something? Any flexibility around it? Are pretty much all managers jerks and you need to be in their circles to get an ok mid year review/ bonus? My manager will be in Inidia
Plano has been referred to as the Career Hospice, where careers go to die for all the reasons listed in the posts below
There are layoffs today Sept 26th for PBNA Planning Teams, layoffs just happened two years ago right before Christmas and now this right before the start of the holiday season and during one of the hardest economic times to find employment
If you are a campus hire with no work experience to date you could possibly stand a chance of success, especially at the Plano location where there is a lot of politics and tribalism at play. The key would be to ingratiate yourself to your manager and team, many times at the expense of your intellectual integrity, and become part of his / her circle of trust.
If you are coming in mid-career, you will always be viewed as an outsider, and thus viewed as a tool to advance the careers of those who are part of the inner circles referenced above. Once they use you up for all of your knowledge and can outsource your output to cheaper labor markets they will cast you aside, eliminate your position, and lay you off. In this case, in order to have a career at PepsiCo you would need to outrun the layoff threat moving about the organization frequently to different teams.
The company is in a great deal of flux right now - see all the posts below about senior leaders jumping ship. That coupled with the almost bi-yearly layoff threat makes for a pretty toxic and demotivating working environment. If you need the job - by all means take it. The job market is terrible right now and its easier to land your next role if you are currently employed. Just know that from the moment you walk in, your career within the organization is on the clock. In this case, the best advice I could give would be to leverage the PepsiCo brand knowing they will have no loyalty to you to advance your career elsewhere. For whatever reason, PepsiCo still has a reasonably good brand cachet with other CPG / Food / Beverage companies.
One word: Don't.
It's like grown-up high school, lots of cliques and politics, petty drama, lots of back-stabbing, the mean-girls club, etc etc