Frito-Lay – “Great work life balance”

Pros

Though a snack foods company, Frito-Lay strives to create a healthy product to sustain a healthy lifestyle. Employees are taught the benefits of and encouraged to uphold work life balance. Additionally, and surprisingly, the company is also highly focused on environmental efforts and sustaining the world around us. On Earth Day in 2010 a fully compostable SunChips bag will be revealed to the market. Go GREEN!

Though only an intern for Frito Lay's Operations department, I have greatly enjoyed my work there and feel I was given REAL projects to work on and gained valuable experience. Furthermore, I've found that within a company it is all about the PEOPLE you work with, and the people at Frito Lay are genuine, friendly, ambitious, and overall the type of people you enjoy hanging out with!

Cons

As an intern, I would appreciate a defined program. Currently, I am assigned to one role and there are no plans to move me around within the department. I would like an intern program where I can experience one department of Operations for 6-12 months and then move to another department of Operations for another 6-12 months. While I AM going to switch departments after 6 months, that was due to my personal efforts to seek out the opportunity rather than a pre-determined plan.

Advice to Senior Management

The leadership at Frito-Lay is truly wonderful. They genuinely want to see you excel and will help you accomplish your goals. My one suggestion with regards to the internship program is merely to develop a well-defined rotational program.