So another IT Town Hall tomorrow with more miraculous numbers and testimonials of amazing progress. Where does this information come from? All I hear is a consistent and firm message from the business that IT service severely s---s and there is... — read more 

Pepsico juice plant in Hermes , France in the Picardy region has been already been closed end of 2018. However plant has been restarted by the old management as a new independant company under the name of "Hermes Boissons "

Anyone able to get Special early retirement benefits under 50, but with almost 20 years of service?

Got my package as my reward for 2 plus decades of loyalty with the IT organization. When I first started and years afterwards the company did not need an employee appreciation week as everyone knew that the organization did value you as an individual... — read more 

I doubt there will be layoffs in CSC, what I think the vp's agenda for CSC is to cut headcount by people resigning, This will be done by re-leveling some (this was asked during the meeting and confirmed) while leaving others out plus piling work to... — read more 

Just found out. Not many more details yet. I'm in IT in Plano, our whole organization is moving to managed services.

Frito-Lay HQ Associates, As mentioned in Vivek’s message last week, organizational changes are underway. To help facilitate employee transitions, FLNA HQ will be closing at Noon on Friday, Feb. 22. The only associates who will be allowed to remain in... — read more 

Ever since I came to the company a year hasn’t passed in which there wasn’t some sort of reorganization, smaller or larger. Now I see people are mentioning that the company has the plan to reorganize its structure and that that process will go on... — read more 

Everywhere I look, media is talking about PepsiCo's acquisition of Muscle Milk. No mention of layoffs. Once again, the company managed to bury the news that would have caused bad publicity with something else. Or nobody cares about people being laid... — read more 

No indications of more... Nobody seems too worried... I'm cautiously optimistic about today...

Had department meeting with SVP yesterday who explained high level effects of reorg. The only question on everyone's mind was "am I next" ... no one dared ask but HR was in the meeting and to "ease" everyone's jitters HR said "there will be no... — read more 

Can we expect to see areas that were spared yesterday affected today? Something tells me that what we saw yesterday is way too few people for it to be over. I'm just wondering if the continuation will be today or sometime later in the week/month... — read more 

With seth being now svp of juice (what kind of title is that?) and him being stripped down of responsibilities, it makes sense he will eventually leave (probably sooner rather than later) which would mean more turnover at sr leadership and more... — read more 

MK’s email said no reorg ... at this time. How can R&D stay the same if the business is food/bev. This is a joke. It’s obvious change is coming and it’s just looming on top of us. You have whole R&D teams that only supported nutrition and gng-type... — read more 

I actually dont work for PepsiCo I am with another company on this board that just laid off 4200 people, many of them in IT. I wanted to ask if your IT group will be affected and in what metro areas they may be. I am trying to put together as tracker... — read more 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-19/pepsi-buys-sports-focused-muscle-milk-in-new-ceo-s-first-move why announce an acquisition during layoffs

Working at PEPSI in NY over many years has given me the opportunity to see many great things accomplished with talented and not so talented folks. I grew to love the culture and passion in those days but now feel a lot of hate for a company that... — read more 

PepsiCo's 10-K (sec.gov, 2/15/19, p.56) states "approximately $800 million is expected to be reflected in our 2019 results. These pre-tax charges will consist of approximately 70% of severance and other employee-related costs." $560M will fund 2019... — read more 

Think about it, if this shrinking proves to be successful, and it probably will cause the people that are left are going to be working their asses off, out of fear of layoffs and are willing to pick up the workload that will be left by the cut... — read more 

Just curious what kind of Severance Packages have been offered in the past...

That the news had more info than what has been provided is a sham of a way to do this. While never a great way, zero transparency is rubbish until the hammer drops. Multiple news agencies announced this was coming and crickets from within. Absurd.

Rumor is that the remaining IT employees will soon be transitioned to offshore vendors. Outsourcing Or Bust is the game plan and PepsiCo is apparently ready to sell FTEs to the vendor.

think about it: Too many people sitting around waiting for a payoff. Very little staff turnover difference between having an "outstanding" year, and "sailing along" is about 1.5% at calibration. people management is practically zero. all tick the... — read more 

Nothing so far. Folks are just anxious. I've seen some rumors here and there is a ton of chatter on the ground - rumors flying left and right and that's never healthy. I just hope all of this is over soon, I pray they do not drag this for months as... — read more 

https://twitter.com/TheLayoff/status/1097951361566683136

Thoughts on how our Winston Salem Office will weather this storm?

Hmm... only 30 minutes, and scheduled less than two days out. Anyone have any ideas about what this is about?

It’s kind of ironic how “regular” folks always pay the price of every reorg at Pepsi, while the ones that get us to the situation that we need reorganizing in the first place, or the ones that get “brilliant” ideas of how the company can become more... — read more 

Lots of "retirements" being announced / communicated... The dominos are starting to fall

Plant making beverage concentrate Manaus closing

Apparently the admins in NY are taking a huge hit. 21 and counting.

Suppose to rain all day today. Long slog around the building or through the parking lot to your car. No need to make a bad day worse by having to walk in the rain and cold without your umbrella. Good luck! Hope to see all my colleagues when this is... — read more 

Hopefully those who were involved in PQP will finally face the music as they spent millions upon millions with absolutely nothing to show for it except many frequent flier miles and hotel points. It goes from Band 5’s to Band 1’s and the waste was... — read more 

Did anybody else notice that several rooms on 2C/3C are booked the entire week by two individuals? Is that where they are bringing people in tomorrow?

Is everyone going to 4 regions?

Wow. Entire threads are missing from this site. That's a little unnerving.

I know it’s hard to tell, especially at this point, but I was wondering does anybody have any indication on what positions are they trimming the most and what are they trying to achieve with the layoffs and reorgs?

No use in stressing ahead of time. I always feel sorry for people when I see how they let something like this ruin their whole lives. It's just a job. You'll find another one. It might not be easy at the very start, but you'll get there. Just don't... — read more 

I know of around 1 dozen peeps who are gone through the organization and it happened on Friday . I've heard this as well. People who think layoffs are not a certainty are naive (and I'm being very generous by using that word and not something much... — read more