Pros
Good salary Average bonus Benefits are average, but competitive with surrounding companies Flexible hours available, but only in certain positions
Cons
The company dominates your life, especially your time. Work life harmony is promoted by leaders in the plants, and even "exhibited" by late arrivals and early departures. Unfortunately, these managers are connected at home and are usually logging in about 12 to 14 hours a day as well as hours on Saturdays and Sundays. If they do not keep abreast of latest developments, then their region manager certainly takes note and it adversely impacts their career. Hence, managers are contacting the floor managers by phone, email, and text messages at all hours on all days, which does not allow the floor managers the autonomy to develop their skills and confidence. With the highly politically charged atmosphere, it's important to have an internal champion to promote your achievements and differeniate you from the other managers. This is true on all levels. Frito Lay plants will typically hire only college graduates for the resource (1st line supervisor) level, thus making it a highly competitive environment. Most resources achieve some level of success, so it's really the "marketing" that they and their champion perform that seperates them from all others. With no champion, you are likely to endure shift work well past the average 3 to 5 years until you quit or are encouraged to seek other employment. Frito Lay has plenty of training available, but it's only corporate approved training programs and only if you've been selected to attend. Once again, without a champoin, you most likely will not receive this training and your career will falter. In addition, outside training in some cases is better or more relevent, but unless you're a senior manager, you will not be approved to attend these courses. Although, you may attend at your own cost as I was told on at least two occasions. Both times, Frito Lay did not offer the training that was relevent for my position, yet I was still not allowed to attend using my $1,000 annual training allowance. Results are highly emphasized at Frito Lay, but even if you achieve or exceed your numbers, it is no guarantee for a promotion or lateral transfer. Once again, the internal champion is key. Frito Lay managers will site an irrelevent issue that occurred 10 months ago, as their reason for keeping you rating average. This issue may not even have been discussed with you at the time.