PepsiCo reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(17,249 total reviews)
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Ramon Laguarta

80% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

PepsiCo has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 17,249 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PepsiCo employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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17K reviews
4.0
Aug 20, 2014

On-boarding process went very well

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Being new, I don't know too much yet. The on-boarding process was fairly smooth. They did a good job with the orientation and my manager had everything ready to go to get me started day 1. The perks are great. Free oatmeal in the morning at the Plaza in Chicago, cheap on-site health club, etc.

Cons

Everything is VERY corporate. There is a set way to do everything. Being new, it has been challenging to learn the right process and who the right people are to talk to. Some people take for granted that a newcomer may not know all the right procedures. LOTS of bizarre acronyms are used. They even joke about it in the orientation.

3.0
Aug 12, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Training is available, career opportunities exist, exposure to all business units is possible. Fair benefits packages for full time employees. Many directions to go in terms of career choices, technical, sales, marketing, scientific, management. Other pros include offices worldwide.

Cons

Pay is lowering than average. Bonuses are only for mid-level managers and executives, based upon what they cut from their annual budgets. Professional development reviews are yearly, where your performance is measured against yearly objectives - not a bad concept however raises are based upon successfully meeting or exceeding these objectives AND how you measure up against other employees at your level, though another employee's functions, challenges, location, etc. may be different from yours. Constant budget reductions, and headcount reductions, while workload increases. You can earn 3 weeks vacation, however scheduling this time off is a catch-22 situation, as your teammates (if any) will be forced to lose their work/life balance while covering your responsibilities (the reverse is true). Movement from one business unit to another almost requires and act of congress (or Devine intervention) if your approving manager does not feel a move from their department is in your (or their) best interest. New trend is to hire contractors from overseas. Stateside employees are being converted into temporary contractors, who are employed by an overseas-based temporary employee provider. Layoffs are a frequent tactic to reduce costs and return "value" to stockholders

4.0
Apr 17, 2013

Bitter sweet

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Excellent opportunity to learn and know different business operations. The Company in general is so interested in employees well being. Challenging.

Cons

I think that for women is still difficult to get promotions or a raise for the same work as male colleagues do. Low compensation compared with the market. The company likes to laid off people every year for savings instead of exploring other options, in the other hand they hire so much people using outsourcing companies.

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