PepsiCo Reviews

Current Employee – been working at PepsiCo full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great pay,benefits just a good company

Cons – Very political company to work for

Advice to Senior Management – All they care about is their money

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at PepsiCo full-time for more than a year

Pros – Steady advancement up the ladder, many locations around the US and World you can transfer to seamlessly, great relocation packages, competitive performance based bonuses

Cons – Long hours and irregular shifts, Unionized work forces can make life very stressful even when you're willing to work with them.

Advice to Senior Management – Emphasize people planning as much as possible to employees. Having a goal to work towards makes it much easier to come in to work every day and still care about your job when your away from the office.

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

Current Employee – been working at PepsiCo full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Working in a truly Global company offers opportunity to cross any boundary (culture, language, location, work style) and expand your personal knowledge, influence and impact.

PepsiCo offers top-tier benefits, salary, work/life balance and continues to offer great opportunities

Amazing people that truly care for you and offers a chance to build a community of not only co-workers, but lasting friendships.

Cons – Any large corporation is going to have challenges, from pricing challenges, to cost-cutting measures. From business re-orgs to downsizings. These things happen, and they can be hard to understand. Overall, the company emerges stronger through each challenge

Work/Life balance is real, but it is difficult to obtain. You have to be your own champion and know how to hold your ground on what is important to you. Ask yourself what is truly important to you, and then work to achieve it.

Advice to Senior Management – Upper management has gotten better over the last few years of operating with transparency in sharing information with employees.

The strength of this company truly rests in the strong bench of employees as well as the products, don't discount that employees will feel more comfortable, and perform higher, when there are no big "secrets" but operating in honesty & transparency.

Sometimes there are things that cannot be shared, but acknowledging them with an honest statement that you can't comment is better than ignoring the 'elephant in the room'

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

Former Employee – worked at PepsiCo as an intern for less than a year

Pros – - Very extensive two months program where you they teach R&D, food science research in Cornell University Laboratories.
-Paid very well even though I was just a summer scholar
- Good place to work

Cons – -No direct relationship with PepsiCo personell, though the research was fully funded by PepsiCo.

Advice to Senior Management – -You should recruit those who you funded in the research program when the scholars apply to your company

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

Current Employee – been working at PepsiCo full-time for more than a year

Pros – great company to work for

Cons – its a very fast paced environment

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at PepsiCo full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Health benefits are very good!

Cons – You have to enjoy workiing in a sales atmosphere.

Advice to Senior Management – Support your administrative staff as if your job depended on it.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at PepsiCo full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – The company culture encourages an opportunity to give back to the community. There is a flexible environment that allows the ability to balance work and home.

Cons – There is more tention regarding the possibility of lay offs.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to encourage diversity.

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

Former Employee – worked at PepsiCo full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Working as R&D scientist, you are guaranteed to never be bored, there is always more things to do, than time allows, always busy. This is good for people that enjoys highly dynamic environment. It takes certain personality to fit in.
The company is also very young spirited, entrepreneurial, and innovative

Cons – The downside is it's a highly political company. Who you knows matters, visibility of project matters. You won't move up the ladder just by doing a good job, truly needs to network and push for highly visible projects.

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

Current Employee – been working at PepsiCo full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Good salary and benefits in general

Cons – Too bureaucratic; difficult to progress professionally

Advice to Senior Management – Some managers have an initimidating style

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at PepsiCo full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Well known company, can open doors in your career in the future.
Can move around within the company to different positions, if you know the right people.
Can try new products when they come out.

Cons – Fast moving environment, often stressful and demanding.
Constant changes and turnover can make it difficult.
Tight timeframes often with little warning.
Promotions and opportunities are hard to come by unless you have backers.
Takes a long time to make decisions, need a lot of approvals and there is a lot of red tape/bureaucracy
No employee discount.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend