PepsiCo reviews

Unrealistic hours at work at Frito Lay. Zero work life balance and anything under a 12 hour day is frowned upon. They expect managers to run routes, be on call24/7 and get reprimanded for not completing your own assignments even though you're running routes due to lack of staffing. New upper management team act as if they are better than everyone else there. District managers connect with their sales reps and that's what keeps most of them from not quitting! Upper management keeps pushing to "write them up"... they are already upset about the new pay structure which is based on working a minimum of 50 hours to make less money. Granted some people shouldn't be there but even the morale of some great sales reps are down. New ZBM has zero empathy and sympathy and doesn't care about anyone but himself. If he spent as much time on hiring staff as he did on smoking outside, maybe the place wouldn't be falling apart. Maybe managers wouldn't be quitting either!

The company does not value its workers, plain and simple. Some of our guys have been working there for 20 years and are having their livelihood taken away when it's too late to begin somewhere else. Imagine going from $65,000/year to $33,000/year for doing the same kind of work. No room for advancement. No performance/merit-based raises, you'll make the same for working hard as the joker who doesn't. Do not work for this company if you can avoid it--your efforts will not be rewarded. And if you work for Frito Lay and this hasn't happened in your zone yet, HEADS UP! There will be a nationwide rollout. Look at Kansas City for examples. No more RSRs, now just Customer Service Specialists (merchandisers with added responsibilities making hourly pay around 16 bucks/hour).