Pepsi Bottling Reviews

Pros

good employees to work with

Cons

senior management clueless for sure

Advice to Senior Management

Support on-boarding of new employees

Pros

The benefit is very good and you get to be promoted to a managerial post if you are hardworking.The salary for a sales person is based on salary and commission.

Cons

You will have to work late if you are in sales and most time you will work weekends.you will have to be able to lift at least up to lbs of product

Advice to Senior Management

Keep the Good working going and continue the training on selling practice that PEPSI teaches.

Pros

Pay was good, people were generally good, and work/life balance was reasonable

Cons

Despite good intentions, marketing was more of a support function and under-valued

Pros

Incredible work/life balance. Opportunity to work from home, summer hours, flex hours, gym at the office, dry cleaning at the office.

Cons

Terrible pay and terrible benefits.Benefits used to be great before the merge with PepsiCo, now I'm scared to get sick, cause I may not be able to afford the co-pay. Upper management plays favorites, and they are the only ones getting promoted.

Advice to Senior Management

Take the internal surveys to heart. There are a lot of disgruntled employees due to lack of pay and god awful benefits.

Pros

Benefits are good if you can work long hours

Cons

Very poor leadership. Little to no communication. You must very late for four nights of the close week which is once every four weeks. You must wait to be dismissed like schoolchildren, as late as midnight. No breaks. The accounting department chews people up and spits them out. No communication from upper management whatsover. Lack of intelligence or respect from any supervisor.

Pros

If you like to work hard, fast, and without someone hanging over your shoulder, then this is the place for you.

Cons

There is a lot of turnover so the team unity isn't very cohesive. If you don't mind working on your own, then the job is alright.

Advice to Senior Management

Promote more team work amongst the merchandisers.

Pros

Great place to work, job security

Cons

Limited changes for growth oppurtunities

Advice to Senior Management

Growth oppurtunities

Pros

Not overtime working.
Good working envorinment

Cons

No free pepsi.
Not enough office space.

Pros

Great portfolio of beverage products that are leading brands. In addition, PBC has a great market postion as part of PepsiCo. In addition, PBC has hard working front line employees and mid management has potential.

Cons

Although, company has a great portfolio the company is deeply effected by the following:

Incompetent leadership that lacks a broad range of experience and managment skils that are a requirement for any other fortune 500 company-such as computerr skills, P&L, etc.....

Company division lack of strategy in all channels as a result competitors are often more prepared.

Company division has a lack of training on all levels...

Company division lacks professionalism when referring to mid-management

Company division lacks established processes and thus many inefficiencies exist

Company divsion runs very very lean effecting productivity, customer service and market positioning.

Advice to Senior Management

Focus on strategy,
Focus on hiring teams and leadership with experience and professionalism that are both external and internal candidates.
Focus on training it is a step that will ensure PBC is the market leader

Pros

Good Pay (working at very least 50hrs a wk)

Opportunity to advance(provided a campus hire or ass kisser)

Cons

Use personal vehicle to do route
Office politics
alot of pressure ( not all that bad if your strong minded)
always feel as if your job is on the line

Advice to Senior Management

From a current campus hire base promotions off of results and a individuals integerity on how a job is done. get managers that understand that and dont play favorites. hence you wouldnt have 75% of campus hires leave, or better yet great employees find other opportunities.