It is getting worse by the month, used to really love my job. - Regional Sales Manager PepsiCo Employee Review

2.0
Sep 3, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Good people to work with, terrific life experiences as well as real world training. Learned a lot about what not to do to employees and how not to manage frontline EE's.

Cons

- Work life balance is preached and yet if you try it, you get absolutely piled on. - As others have mentioned, Pepsi is hiring managers based on quotas and not actual experience. There are Sales Managers and Directors who have no business leading teams. - This company only cares about what the P&L says and how much Indra is returning to shareholders, all other important decisions get short shrift - Zero collaboration with goal writing - everything is handed down from finance with completely unrealistic expectations, or actual knowledge of how to achieve said plans. Shoot then point attitudes abound. - The cutting back of resources has hit all time low, it is absolutely impossible to manage customer expectations with so few field assets. - I could go on like this for pages.....

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Worked for PepsiCo for 10 years across four locations in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Florida. Gained experience in multiple sales and operational roles while supporting account growth, merchandising, and customer relationships. Florida locations were especially well-operated and efficient. PepsiCo provided competitive pay, solid benefits through Keystone, and a good vacation package compared to competitors in the beverage industry. The company also offered strong sales incentive programs, earning rewards such as Orlando Magic floor seats, Pro Bowl tickets, Apple Watches, and Yeti cups for exceeding performance goals and driving sales results.

Cons

While PepsiCo promotes internal growth opportunities, many promotions and leadership opportunities appeared to favor college internship hires over long-term internal employees. In some cases, newer college-based management pushed corporate initiatives without fully understanding local market realities or account volume trends. For example, innovation products were sometimes forced into low-volume accounts where sell-through was unrealistic. Operationally, certain delivery processes could be improved, particularly with Tropicana products being stored in coolers on trucks for extended periods, which could impact product quality and increase waste. Work-life balance could also be challenging, as sales representatives commonly worked 50–60 hour weeks. Expectations from corporate leadership were often unrealistic, especially when customer representatives and drivers were expected to fully stock stores while servicing 15+ accounts per day. Experiences could also vary depending on whether locations were union or non-union operated.

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