Please chime in - how does the actual act of communicating that you've been laid off happen? Do they call you in a conference room? Who is there? What do they tell you? How long does it take. I am a fairly anxious person and knowing things in advance... — read more 

Keep it up! Some of your sh-- is hilarious. I personally like this one... "The cotton fields have been swapped to fields of drone keyboard clickers on large dual screens." Lol, Pepsico to a motherfuckin T!!

Why are people bein so hard on our leadership. These are hard decisions to make and there is no right way to handle such a difficult situation for them so maybe we should cut them some slack y'all.

In 1990, Congress passed the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA) which amended the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) to safeguard older workers' employee benefits from age discrimination. If you are at least 40 years old, a federal... — read more 

For Indra to speak tomorrow? Who thinks she won’t make one mention of the layoff tomorrow morning but only set the stage for how the economy has caused us to struggle?

I have heard from good sources that HR will be leaving Mardi Gras king cakes in all the break rooms tomorrow in Plano, NY, and Chicago. If you get the baby, you’ll immediately be ushered into a conference room and given a termination letter. Could... — read more 

These things happen at all companies but the toxic environment at PepsiCo (big thanks to our stellar CEO on this one) has seen managers stick up for their friends and punish workers who continuously out performed their co-workers and make their mates... — read more 

Anyone heard anything about this location? How about Chicago?

Thought this was a really good article people should read ahead of tomorrow. Being laid off is not the end of it all and it's good to be reminded of that sometimes... — read more 

Can somebody PLEASE tell us what's going on? This whole "yes it started, no it hasn't" is driving me insane.

we'd know by now if it had started. why in the world would you lie about something like this?

I know these are a few horrible days for a lot of people and I truly don't mean to make light of it, but I would personally be happy to be cut in this round. Actually, if there was an option previously for me to indicate that to somebody in charge I... — read more 

We are hearing absolutely nothing so far here on layoffs. Has it really started or are people just trolling (which is especially a low thing to do right now, considering we are all already stressed out and on the edge?) Can we get some details... — read more 

Are they using performance as the deciding factor or will it focus more on getting rid of those who have higher pay? We have a few people who should have been shown the door a long time ago, and if they are on the list to be laid off, I will be very... — read more 

Just got my call, severance package s---s.

Friend just called. Got laid off. NAN.

What's happening at Pepsi has been happening at many, many companies the past year or so. Read "Latest Posts" and you will see people saying the exact same thing that we are saying. "Management causing stress" "Toxic environment" They were good... — read more 

I've seen this number circulated around this board and it popped up somewhere else as well, so now I'm starting to think there's something to it even if it does sound too high. Can it possibly be that PepsiCo is really getting ready to lay off that... — read more 

Good luck to them...I doubt they will stay more than 2 years, if they are smart they won’t

Everybody here is on edge today... People are snapping at each other over smallest things... If PepsiCo's goal was to create a hostile work environment for pretty much everybody here, job well done... Something tells me this will not change once the... — read more 

What a terrible way to treat people. make them suffer in advance in this way. All based in the US and Latin America are prohibited from doing home office or traveling this whole week, will have to go to the office to participate or watch the killing... — read more 

I'm pretty sure that there is no doubt in anybody's mind that tomorrow will be a bloodbath across the board. I don't think anybody is safe from what's coming, from the rumors going around nearly every department and every location will be affected... — read more 

In the middle of all of this.. The owner of 1111 and 1129 Westchester Ave. in White Plains, home to PepsiCo Inc.’s Platinum Mile offices, will add a three-level parking garage to accommodate its growing number of employees... — read more 

The timing of these layoffs seem conveniently placed a month before next month's annual bonus / raise cycle. If someone gets laid off this week, will he/she not be offered the bonus money they deserve for 2017 PDR performance cycle? Also what will... — read more 

Anyone else hear the elimination of Chicago? Foods R&D now Plano and Beverage in NY.

Total psychological ploy by the senior leaders at this company. Seen it happen before, there is nothing new under the sun, plus I've read their playbook. LAYOFF RUMORS WERE PURPOSELY LEAKED. Not what do they get out of this? They want to incite... — read more 

Disclosure - I do not work for Pepsi... I will ping local media outlets on Twitter if you guys tell me what locations to target. I got this list (see below) for the IT group - not sure if I should add any additional locations: New York, Ny Purchase... — read more 

Have heard pepsi is beginning to carry tropicana products on their trucks soon. Are they planning on ending the tropicana dsd side of the business?

Have any prior layoffs been projected as far in advance as this one has? People have been talking about this for months. It's the worst kept "secret" I've ever seen.

Spend some time reading "Latest Posts" and you will discover that an almost identical scenario is playing out at corporations everywhere. Management and environment turned toxic. high stress seemingly done on purpose, etc, etc. And of course layoffs... — read more 

This is going to be a stressful weekend. If possible, try to relax. God bless.

I feel like I am waiting for the Priest to come to give me last rites and the Warden to bring me my last meal.

Strange that I do not see PepsiCo listed on the Texas layoff notices http://www.twc.state.tx.us/businesses/worker-adjustment-and-retra

I think 8 regions would align with Pepsi, and thats been a consistent theme since the 2012 layoff and before. IKNs vision of fully integrating all the lines of business to make the company less attractive to activist investors looking to break it off... — read more 

https://twitter.com/TheLayoff/status/962064572445204480

I've heard they're setting up waterboarding stations with the Pepsi jingle and an Indra speech looping over a loudspeaker. Those that can withstand this for more than 20 to 30 minutes will get to keep their job.