PepsiCo Reviews

I have been working at PepsiCo full-time for less than a year

Pros – Good working environment, good guidances, reasonable pay and benefits, opportunities for learning, good value and culture, good management and good lunch.

Cons – The opportunities for promotion, pay could be higher, The opportunities for promotion, pay could be higher, The opportunities for promotion, pay could be higher, The opportunities for promotion, pay could be higher,

I have been working at PepsiCo as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – good environment and salary payment

Cons – some a little bad management in engineering and marketing

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at PepsiCo full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Love working for the brand. Pepsi is well known & has loads of diversity.

Cons – Pass over long time employees for promotions & give special benefits to people who do don't deserve it or have been there long enough.

Advice to Senior Management – LISTEN to your employees. Give notice/benefits/recognition to long time dedicated employees who are more than deserving.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at PepsiCo as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Smart people (atleast few of them), Great renovated Cafeteria, Work on different tools and software, some technical frameworks are advanced. Not many good things to say....

Cons – Too much outsourcing in IT. They laid off a lot of people in Feb 2012 and brought a lot of people from India. The contractors were asked to join one of the outsourcing firms. Lot of good people left. My team upper management was a joke. I took upon a lot of work when some employees left but they never recognized the effort. There is not enough room in the plano office. Contractors and sometimes employees have to share cubicles.

Advice to Senior Management – Take care of your employees

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at PepsiCo full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Great innovative company! Have had great opportunities to grow in my career.

Cons – Not great salary to commensurate with experience.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at PepsiCo full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – People I've worked with have been outstanding. Excellent opportunity to learn and know different business operations. The benifits were great, but over the last couple of years the company has started to cut into them.

Cons – Hours, pay, direction given by management. High turnover causes inconsistantsies.

Advice to Senior Management – Work together and come up with an actual unified plan on how you want to move forward

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at PepsiCo for more than a year

Pros – Name certainly looks nice on a resume --- coworkers are some of the nicest people you'll meet -- because you are all in the trenches.

Depending on what you do --- this company definitely has a vast array of CPG products -- which can give you a diversity of experience depending on your function.

Cons – Some departments are one of those places about politics, the blame game, deception, etc. You may know the type. The environment can very toxic. Sometimes senior leadership just doesn't have a clue. It's certainly not unique in this economy, but raises are hard to come by after yearly reviews.

This place also encourages the common (and disgusting) act of hiring contractors (40 hours a week) --- to do identical jobs as full time employees --- and not pay them benefits. Personally I worked full time, but still. Maybe this is standard practice in America now, but I don't support companies that follow the Walmart model. I'm typing this while enjoying a fine Coca Cola product.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at PepsiCo full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Can move up quickly. Very fast-paced. One will not get bored.

Cons – Even the most talented can get stalled or fail here. Must be able to navigate the political channels.; one does not have to directly participate. But one does need to be aware to sidestep the land mines; this soft skill is a must-have.

Advice to Senior Management – 1. Listen to your quiet ones. There are other leadership styles. The loudest or most pushy is not necessarily the one with the best solution.
2. Walk the talk. Not all of those between the CEO and the worker bees do walk the talk.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at PepsiCo full-time for more than a year

Pros – Exponential career growth opportunities, very competitive wages and full benefits, excellent training opportunities to grow individual skills and interests, great people to work with,

Cons – Military-like structure, 60+ hours week to be successful in role on average, very high pressure to perform work environment

Advice to Senior Management – Sense of urgency from upper management can be too much and often times lead to making decisions based on quick fixes vs. long term outcomes.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at PepsiCo full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Good place to work and learn the beverage industry. Depending on location but team work is a must for success . Good benefits and perks to employment.

Cons – Work/life balance is in question. Big time work load and have to work at managing demanding work load and personal family life . Overall pepsi employees are paid average to underpaid for hours put in on job. Money doesn't add up.

Advice to Senior Management – You talk about work/life balance. Give frontline and location leaders support to help gain balance and complete task

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company