PepsiCo reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(17,246 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 17,246 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
3.0
May 25, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Good Compensation, Decent 401k match/options, and great family leave options.

Cons

Can be a very political environment. Often hard work is appreciated, but if you don't know the right people, your advancement will be very difficult. Upper management and board have become hypocritical. You initiate cost-cutting programs, but then give the CEO an almost 20% raise. Meanwhile, the average yearly increase for the "foot soldiers" is 0 or ~2% for an average review.

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PepsiCo Response
10y
Thank you for the feedback. We are constantly striving to create and maintain a culture where employees feel valued, appreciated and satisfied with their jobs. Your feedback matters.
2.0
Apr 26, 2016

RSA abuse

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great benefits chance for advancement if you can take the very low pay for years at a time

Cons

Salaray sucks for the RSAs that cover the vacation and days off of the normal route personel.. Sometimes they have you working 6 to 7 days a week because of the rotation and no true overtime only their variable rate overtime which is a better way calling it chinese overtime

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PepsiCo Response
10y
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. If you suspect a possible violation of our Code, we encourage you to Speak Up and report it via the PepsiCo Speak Up hotline at 1-866-729-4888.
2.0
Jan 15, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits and pay are good, relative to the Food and Beverage industry (I have no data, but I'm guessing in highest 80-90 percentile). Indra is forward thinking, looking outside of selling sugar/bubbles and is spending more for R&D than most companies. Diversity (gender, race) across the business, from entry level to leadership, is probably the best I've seen; it's really quite amazing with respect to other companies, IMO.

Cons

The on-going joke amongst the workforce was the people who do the least get the most (in terms of promotions). Although there is in fact diversity, the diversity of thought is not appreciated and is most evident when you look at leadership; people who come from different walks of life who think the same are promoted, so diversity is really at face value. What was funny also was that the leadership, which had too many levels to begin with, were not up to par and HR was constantly hiring leadership whom the employees didn't like or respect. I could personally count leaders, who most felt were good at their jobs, on one hand. It's an extremely hierarchical management style, I personally felt like it was military (talking to higher level people was out of the question for some, but not all). When I think of companies like Google in terms of the workplace culture, Pepsi R&D is like in the 1960's desperately attempting to achieve year 2000 style but at best achieving 1980's levels. I could go on and on, but I've known personally 5 to 10 millenials who have left in the first three years, in spite of having a "promising" career trajectory (promotions every year or every two years).

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PepsiCo Response
10y
Thank you for your advice. We are dedicated to incorporating diversity, both in our representation of employees and thought. Though we are especially proud of our R&D teams, we strive to increase employee satisfaction across generations and appreciate your feedback.
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