so it appears that feb 13th is earnings because there will be a town hall about last quarter's results. Will there be also announcement of voluntary buyouts and more head cuts? they still have over 1.6 billion dollars allocated for restructuring... — read more
Words of Wisdom for PepsiCo
Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to Take care of your employees and they will take care of your business Loyal employees are assets - not liabilities
Productivity certainties for 2020
After long discussion about the lack of work being done this week. I declare 2020 the year where nobody is allowed to take week 52 off and all of you minions must give the man 80 hours during this pivotal year end week. Anyone disagree? 😂 — read more
When the passion is gone so goes it
I have been having meetings with multiple functions across the broader organization and overseas over the last few months. As time has passed the recurring question I ask myself is “does anyone have passion left for this company?” All signs... — read more
Freddie Mac offers voluntary buyouts......Why can't Pepsi fo the same?
As is common in many American companies, Freddie Mac is offering employees who meet certain age and tenure requirements a voluntary opportunity to retire early. As we prepare for our next chapter, we anticipate this will help realign our workforce to... — read more
R&D to 2 category model in January
Leaving it almost impossible to relax and enjoy the holidays. Come on, announce it already!
Pepsico Declares War On Diabetic Employees
You can add Diabetics to Pepsico'sh– List. Got a letter from Express Scripts stating that effective January 1, 2020, Pepsico is ending the great benefit diabetics have had for years, sending CoPays through the roof. Diabetics will go from zero... — read more
How do merit increases work Pepsico
From an employee: "They give terrible raises for long term employees." The challenge are watching people who are new to the company or fresh out of college pass up long term employees who have bleed for this company and have forgotten more than... — read more
PepsiCo is where you go if you want your career to die
Why would anybody still want to work here unless they really have no other option? Is there anybody who has actually managed to get a promotion in the last several years who is not related or good friends with somebody in the management? It's... — read more
Any chance voluntary buyouts might be next?
I'd accept it in a heartbeat.
Seriously, why no age discrimination suit?
I don't understand why there are no age discrimination suits against Pepsi (at least not enough to make noise). This is a serious, no-sarcasm question. Why not? It's more than apparent that the company is catering millennials while kicking the... — read more
Did I Miss The Thunder ?
For months all this site has posted was fear mongering about mass cuts. Well here we are at year end and it appears IT is still intact and the business has avoided the knife. So what happened ?????
Why delete posts?
Why does this site delete posts???? Shady af.
1. an area or portion that is distinct from others
Sector Definition is 1. an area or portion that is distinct from others Only logical next move is eliminate 100% of the sector. Now that the divisions runs themselves and don’t leverage the sector for anything.... Next move is to get rid of the... — read more
Happy New Year
Scary to sit in all these meetings to hand hold our replacements offshore on year end once again. It’s like nursery school. I can see why now they don’t have the balls to make more cuts now. Just give me my package and set me free from this... — read more
This weeks layoffs
An earlier post discussed a lay-off occurring the first week of December. Any new info to share? According to our “training” we are suppose to say I am an employee of PepsiCo and these are my opinions and not that of PepsiCo. So, it’s my opinion only... — read more
GlassDoor
Quite a number of positive reviews for Frito on GlassDoor these days. Definitely seems like it's lining up well with college recruiting and offers. They're playing the game and they are playing it hard.
Pepsi Employee Loyalty
I have given the majority of my working career to Pepsi and my family and I have made countless sacrifices for my work. I expect to be cut soon but being close to retirement age I expect to have quite a challenge finding another job. I still have... — read more
Non IT lay-off Thread- the blood bath is coming
PBNA to get hit the hardest. Better faster stronger = remaining redundant roles purged. If you're not a top performer get ready.
UNLESS
UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.
How many people are left in IT?
I know the cuts were brutal, but I don't think we ever learned how many exactly were left afterwards?
Burn the Furniture
All sorts of panic about cutting costs. The easiest way to cut costs is to cut heads. Get ready for a bloodbath
What Happened ????
What the hell happened to IT services over the past year? Its a joke! Is there anybody left that has a clue about our applications?
Pepsi Layoffs 2020
Make a prediction and tell us what you think about Pepsi Layoffs 2020? Any news or rumors?
Week of December 2nd Layoffs
Beware, just discovered that HR has booked conference rooms on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Warning Signs of Layoff?
Recently had a new HR rep assigned to my team in IT. She's much more involved than what I have seen in the last 10 years from other HR reps. She asks many questions such as... How my team is different from IT teams? Why do we still have workers... — read more
End of year layoffs / head cuts
Will part of their 2.4 billion restructuring include end of year layoffs, headcuts? Your thoughts?
"Agile seating"
Anyone hear any additional news about when they're kicking everyone out of White Plains to cram us into "agile seating" in Purchase?
Employee Appreciation Week - Seriously ?
The irony is crippling ! PepsiCo has unleashed a public marketing campaign about Employee Appreciation Week to try and smother a wave of negative feedback from terminated employees. How can a company that is on an unprecedented insensitive employee... — read more
We lost some of our best
We lost a bundle of co-workers that had great capabilities to help us deliver the best results. I am a Sales Finance and FP&A IT former employee and from my perspective, our IT and back-office that were outsourced were best in class when it came to... — read more
Are employees with tenure safe?
I have 42 years with Pepsi and I am a sales rep. I am also 63 years old. Hoping to go to 65 but I worry every day that I will be part of the 2.3 billion dollar restructuring so that they can bring in some younger campus recruits or military... — read more
India IT is useless
It’s been almost a week since many of us could access our network share or gpid drives. Dealing with India is useless! Each day a new contractor tries the same exact method and same results. Nothing! What would take our former IT department 5... — read more
Things do get better
Good luck and God Bless to all affected. I was pushed aside in Feb and to be honest the weight of the world was lifted off my shoulders. Doing so much better in my new job. At least my work is appreciated and valued. I feel like an employee again and... — read more
We got to ask ourselves when is enough
I understand that “ It’s a job, it pays the bills” is basically the only reason that people give for staying at Pepsico. I also understand that It’s a scary world out there and finding a job is not the easiest thing, but when do we say enough is... — read more
The Grinch that stole our jobs!
Just when you think that this place could not get any lower...... They cut people's jobs a couple days after Christmas !! Way to go Scrooges Could not wait until the usual February
Looks like it's going down tomorrow...
Emails received at the end of the day to show up for a mandatory meeting tomorrow morning...
Hyderabad India...GBS - - truly a bunch of Gross Bull $h!t
more offshoring of jobs...1500-3000, "over many years" Wow, way to be transparent. So someone explain to us...are jobs in India cheaper because wages are way lower? Does India require employers to pay benefits: healthcare, retirement, etc? These... — read more
Wow Cheetos Now Taste Like @SS
I worked in Frito R&D 2 years ago. I was always somewhat against some of the innovation fails they put time and money into. Also, I was a proponent of not changing fundamental components for core products....(the PwP b—s—) I and soooo many... — read more