What it does: Manufacturing various brands of foods and drinks.
Mission: Create more smiles with every sip and bite.
Size and presence: 267.00 employees.
Best known for: Pepsi cola manufacturer.
The good bits: Offer good deal benefit packages. Opportunity for global network exposure. Highly known brand in the world.
The not-so-good bits: A long hour of work.
PepsiCo was once operating alone as a stand-alone soda drink manufacturer. The Pepsi drink was developed by a North Carolina pharmacist and businessman, Caleb Bradham. He trademarked the name Pepsi-Cola in 1898 and four years later he founded the company. The company went through war and it was damaging its financial stability, causing Bradham to declare bankruptcy.
Years later the company trademark and its Pepsi recipe were bought by Craven Holding Corporation and ended up being merged with another company (Loft, Inc.) in the early 1940s.
PepsiCo was founded in 1965 when the company merged with Frito-Lay, Inc. At the same time, PepsiCo was listed on New York Stock Exchange. After that, Pepsi's line products expanded significantly to this day. It launched the infamous Dorito and Miranda in 1966. During the same period of time, PepsiCo also began to export its product to other countries.
PepsiCo is now headquartered in North Carolina, United States. The company now owns 23 brands that sold out for over $1 billion. Some popular brands from PepsiCo are including Mountain Dew, Lays, 7 Up, Lipton Teas, Aquafina, Cheetos, Fritos, Sierra Mist, and many more.
PepsiCo manufactures food and beverage, therefore, long hours of working and a hefty load of tasks are something you should be prepared for. Many former and current employees testified that despite PepsiCo being a fun place to begin your career, it was common knowledge that the task in the manufacturing industry will be tough. Every division will have its own challenge and difficulties. Some roles definitely will require physical durability. PepsiCo is a big corporation, it will provide you with an essential experience to collaborate with diverse co-workers in a global setting of professionalism.
PepsiCo is clear about its hiring process. The company has three stages of the hiring process, starting with applying online and joining its talent pool system, assessment, and hiring/offering stage. PepsiCo urged you to create an account on its system. After the screening done by HR, interview processes with the hiring manager or group discussion are mostly done virtually due to COVID-19 restrictions.
PepsiCo said that there are some roles that require another assessment program to complete the process. The assessment is designed to give the company additional data about your technical skill, leadership value, critical experiences, and many more.
Internship applications are also made online. PepsiCo is regularly updating any information about the opening on the website. However, PepsiCo also regularly held a campus event where students have the opportunity to apply directly to the recruiter team.
The entire recruitment process may vary for each applicant. Some applicants stated that the process took two or four weeks on average.
As a food and beverage manufacturer, there are various roles and expertise areas available at PepsiCo. Internship programs are available for roles in design, e-commerce, finance, health/safety/environment, human resource, information technology, supply chain, marketing, purchasing & procurement, research & development, sales, and strategy. Career paths for recent graduates also revolve around the same roles and expertise areas.
Interns' salaries at PepsiCo vary, starting from $3.000 to $10.000 monthly, though the highest paid are mostly for those who take the MBA interns.
A supply chain co-op receives $5.000, a sales and marketing intern receives $3.000-$6.000, a research & development intern receives $5.000-$7.000, a packaging engineer receives $7.000, a logistic intern receives $3.000, a manufacturing operation intern receives $5.100, and the same amount goes for a finance intern.
If you are working at PepsiCo as a full-time and permanent employee, there will be an adjustment in the remuneration. A full-time sales representative may get $59.00 annually, a machine operator may get $47.000, a delivery driver may receive $57.000, a financial analyst receives $78.000, a supply chain associate receives $76.000, and a maintenance mechanic receives $65.000 annually.
PepsiCo established a foundation specifically for conducting its philanthropy activities. The company globally collaborated with local and international organizations, non-profit organizations, and other industrial partners to create a strong sustainable food system for people around the world.
Some notable PepsiCo partners in its commitment to battling hunger are Food for the Good United States, China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, United Nations World Food Programme, and Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty.
Since 2009, PepsiCo has distributed more than 245 million meals for needy people. During the pandemic, PepsiCo partnered with more than 60 other stakeholders (Feeding America, The U.S. Department of Agriculture, The Global FoodBanking Network, and many more) to distribute nutritious meals to people at risk.
Through Food for Good, PepsiCo commits to strengthening global food security. The company will invest $100 million until 2030 for the Zero Hunger Pledge. PepsiCo also aims to increase nutritious food access for 50 million people by 2030.
In 2019, PepsiCo was under attack after its India branch sued four Gujarat farmers who planted a variety of potatoes—which PepsiCo used to produce Lays chips—without consent. The case caused a strong reaction in India, it was the first time a giant international corporation sued small farmers. However, it was known that back then, it seemed like PepsiCo filed the case with inaccurate knowledge of how agriculture law works in India. It turned out to be, that India allows farmers to cultivate and sell patent-protected crops, including seeds.