I haven't been happy at PepsiCo for a while. I switched roles recently, hoping for a change, but things haven't improved at all. The lack of leadership is striking. It's like no one is interested in building connections, including my manager. There's no mentorship or even casual check-ins to see if I need anything. I didn't expect to be doing this, but I've now started looking elsewhere for a better opportunity.
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Same experience here. It is disheartening.
30 years for me and all each of you has said resonates so deeply. I've taken the VRP.
This resonates with my experience with PEP experience.
As an external hire, it became clear early on that my co-workers only viewed me in the context of how I could advance their careers. I, like you, had little to no onboarding and was basically left to "figure it out" on my own. I quickly saw that people only took an interest in me or my work if they could leverage it in come way or take credit for some aspect. There was no genuine comradery or connection to my teammates. Yours is a common story amongst those who come into PEP mid-career.
Funny story; my direct manager would regularly denigrate a specific project I was working on as low impact and frivolous, as it was something that would not yield results in the short run. That said, over time it began to bear fruit and obtain broader visibility and impact around the org. Immediately, having no self awareness, they became extremely interested and wanted to become intimately involved in the process. Needless to say, this accomplishment currently sits as a bullet point on their linkedin profile as a major accomplishment that they completed at PEP in spite of their best efforts to ki-l the project in its early stages.
My thoughts about the overall experience of late are validated by many of the comments here. I have been a dedicated and loyal employee for 37 years. The last three years have been absolutely disheartening. The introduction of PGT have rendered myself and other capable and competent employees pretty much useless post implementation. The entire process is completely convoluted, complex and lacking intuitive flow.
I have worked in SC Ops, Finance, Retail Sales and Market Equipment successfully of 37 years and I am less capable now than than ever.
If PGT was intended to increase our abilities, news flash! Keep in mind with all the turnover passing the knowledge, or lack there of will perpetuate the d-mbing of capacities and capability. My best example is how AP has become a multiple step process that requires a multiplicity of follow ups and the intro to the Ticket for help to unblock payments that are blocked for no obvious reason.
I took VRP before I had planned my retirement because I am no longer enjoying my work as it has become senseless beyond reason.
I’m in the same boat. It is super hard to get small tasks accomplished. Everything falls apart, or you don’t get replies, or have to escalate 90% of issues and maybe someone will help. Lots of finger pointing. The workload is unreal and the constant changes that actually make things worse have me wanting to leave. I’ve been here for 20 years.