PepsiCo reviews

Poor work-life balance, little opportunity for movement between Divisions, highly matrixed/functionalized. PepsiCo is also a "deck" culture. You'll spend tremendous amounts of time writing presentations that are only used internally. Also, the bottler franchisee model is exhausting and largely dysfunctional. Last, there are very few Senior Managers at PepsiCo that are inspirational. They're very good operators, but there's a real lack of strong mentors and coaching. International tends to be better than North America.

The hours are long and the work never seems to stop, even when you're on vacation. I check voice mail and email every day because I know that my manager will be sending me information even on the weekends. If I decide to go without checking on a Sunday, for instance, I will hear about it on a Monday morning call. Morale is not very high because of the demands put on the employees and the fighting between departments gets old. There are too many scorecards for each department and they don't seem all roll into one - making it best for the company AND the customer.