sales representative

route sales representative

operator

maintenance engineer

manufacturing technician

PepsiCo

As a general operative, it has it's moments, some days the machines are running great with no issues so you'll mostly be standing around keeping them running, topping up film rolls, maintaining packet quality & doing paperwork, other times they're constantly going wrong & can be a real stressful struggle to fix them & keep them going, resulting in other tasks building up. 

Expect to do ALOT of cleaning aswell, the whole factory is like a giant kitchen, so everything must be kept quite clean & sterile.

There's definitely a high turnover rate of new GOs.

You'll do alot of walking & a fair amount of hard graft ie lifting & moving pallets, boxes, walking to & throw, up & down stairs, you definitely need the 4 days off to recover.

Wages are great for the work you do to be honest, especially when you compare it to other jobs, you soon get used to doing the 12 hours, your body adapts to it but when first starting expect your back, legs & ankles to ache.

It does get quite hot in there especially during summer, so expect to be hot & bothered alot.

The company quite often hosts events which are great, like Christmas parties, team days etc, no expense spared. 

Often times they hand out free crisps & other excess product to staff.

They have a staff shop where you can buy cheap crisps, nuts & porridge once a week.

Majority of people there are great to work with, they just want to do their job, earn & go home. When you meet & work with your team for a while it makes working there a whole lot better, time goes by faster.

Management don’t help whatsoever, bullying culture - anyone wanting to progress in you’re career you either have to play golf (with the management) or to be best friends with the managers in the office, or , people who actually deserve to be promoted and given chances are always overlooked in  favour of a friend of a friend I have seen this numerous times “nepotism at its finest. 

Several  people since I have been here put themselves through higher education (no support or guidance whatsoever from management! ) if anything it was the opposite you were shunned and told you don’t need that. 

The company promotes the fact that they like to promote staff from within,  I can tell you first hand they don’t unless you’re best friends with management - if you’re more than qualified to do the job  that’s not enough 

They see it in there as your doing a certain job why should we promote you.

You have the shift attendance staff who instantly think your lying when you are off sick, put immense pressure on you to come back to work ( sick or not) they are only bothered about getting you back to work not you’re welfare.

Toxic environment that has got worse over the years I have been here, no one is appreciated whatsoever 



Culture and Values: Pepsico places emphasis on its values, which include acting with integrity, delivering results, and caring for their employees and communities. The company fosters a diverse and inclusive work environment.

Opportunities for Growth: Pepsico provides numerous opportunities for professional growth and career advancement. They often encourage employees to take on new challenges and offer development programs to support skill enhancement.

Work-Life Balance: Like many large corporations, work-life balance may vary based on the role and department. Pepsico aims to promote work-life balance through various initiatives and policies.

Employee Benefits: Pepsico typically offers competitive employee benefits, including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and other perks.

Innovation and Sustainability: Working at Pepsico, you may be exposed to innovation-driven projects and sustainability initiatives. The company has committed to making a positive impact on the environment.

Fast-Paced Environment: Pepsico operates in a competitive industry, and employees may experience a fast-paced work environment, especially in marketing, sales, and supply chain roles.



My typical day tends to be structured. I will walk through my areas talking to the teams about the previous days performance and highlighting there priorities for that day without trying to micro manage people. I trust the team and expect them to make decisions about the process. Managing people is about communicating on their wavelength. All teams have differing strengths so being able to understand what they are and detailing the workload accordingly helps the efficiency of the team. 
The culture at Leicester is mixed, but typically most people are of the right mindset and understand their day to day responsibilities. 
I expect my team to be safe and put in a shift, however when somebody does over and above I have no qualms with rewarding. I enjoy watching people develop into roles that 12-18 months earlier would have seemed out of there reach, conversely not being able to promote people into roles when you know they are the right person does frustrate me.

I work a regular night shift pattern ie 4 nights on and 4 off and am employed with 3 other fitters. I believe I work well in a small team of 4 and we pull together and have no supervision ie we decide amongst ourselves how to split up the night's workload.

  The hardest part of the job is not knowing what is ahead as when starting the night shift. The workload can vary a lot and be challenging on occasions as how to accomplish all maintenance, repairs and breakdowns during the shift. But this gives variety and incentive to get the work done and the team usually accomplish the work needed.

The most enjoyable part of the job is working within the small team of a large organisation and the variety of work within a large fleet.

 PepsiCo is an American company and use American systems of management which, in the main, work well. They reward for loyalty ie a 10 year financial reward incentive and a good salary.

Worked doing the van sales for walkers. There shouldn’t be a sales aspect of this…. It’s more a delivery driver for the stores.
 
Since it is sales there’s targets to hit which is of overall revenue sold for the month but also tacticals which are specific product lines to sell. 
The problem with the tacticals is most can be of the slow moving lines which don’t sell as well. There’s only so much you can sell to a store if the public are not buying them as they’ll only go out of date, which means having to swap them out when they do but then you’re limited to how much stock you’re allowed to use to swap. 

The base salary is actually quite decent and the commission bonus is generous too……. Assuming you actually hit it. 
They have a habit of as soon as you hit your target they’ll move the goalpost the very next month making it harder to hit. Now I get thats what sales is but do it end of the year or quarter not whenever they feel like. You always have to work so hard and only just scrap by to them move the target. Make you work more, longer hours all for the same results. 

Great place to work with amazing, talented and engaged staff. Lots of focus on high performance/potential - if you are flexible, like change and able/willing to always give at least 110%, you can have a fast career. 
Huge amount of constant change (people and org structure) which makes it sometimes difficult to understand roles and responsibilities or for new ways of working to be fully established before it changes again. But everyone is willing to do the right thing for the company. They are a leader in their field in so many areas and are becoming more and more innovative which is really great to see and fun to work at.

I had an amazing manager with 30 years experience. Our team did not have a culture of excuses and falling short of our responsibilities. This was difficult at first because I had been in teams where things were not up to scratch, so it was a shock to the system. I ended up loving it, however, because when the expectation is high, and you meet it, there is incredible freedom when you know you've done things properly and are continually meeting the deadlines/targets/expectations you can rest assured you are doing the right thing. Great team, great management, and this job have set the agenda for my career moving forward. I'll always be grateful, as I started as an RSR and worked very hard for just over a year before I was promoted and honoured for my work and now have a much better outlook on job prospects and career progression. Thanks, PepsiCo and the East Anglia team as well as the West London team.

PepsiCo is a very challenging company where, although you are junior or not, you are envolved in the business since the beginning.
Our opinion is always listened and taking into account.
Multi-tasking, proactive and good communicator are some of the thinks we learn in PepsiCo, as personal competencies.
The hardest part of my job is because in Portugal, the beverages business is a Franchise Model, so the daily relationship with the bottler is the most challenging think I have in my job. Everything we do we need to "sell" to them, every think we say should be thinked before to say it in the right way and establish a good relationship as I have now and make them be confident on us, take so many time.
The most enjoyable part is that we never do the same and everyday there's a new. Work global brands but have the opportunity of making so many local things is the best part.

PepsiCo is one of the worlds leading organisations with many different roles across many sectors in many countries. There is a great fluidity to move between these sectors and countries, as long as you keep an eye on the communication.
There is a lot expected of employees at the company, to maintain its position as market leader, so difficult targets are part of day to day life as PepsiCo employee, but this should not dissuade any ambitious individual from applying for a role with the company.
A job at PepsiCo can easily become a progressive career if the right effort and attitude is in place, and there is a great salary, along with having such a great employer on your CV, for those who do go on to work for the company.

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