after 60 years the Orlando plant closed as of 10:30am this morning
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@fx so true. The amount of tarps and having the crewer put someone as a “rain walker” on rainy days to catch leaks directly onto product-that is not a normal way of running a business. And wait, what, parts were needed to actually fix the ancient machines? But don’t worry-there was a nice celebration recently that they spent who knows how much on to celebrate the anniversary all while the stretched every dollar as far as it would go on the manufacturing side.
@b3 you are right. Everything was falling apart. The roof was a non stop issue for years. Can’t fix machines if you don’t have the parts stocked. Before everyone signs their 60 day pay papers ( which basically shuts them up and ties their hands), more will speak out. Employees may have been shocked at the abrupt way they rushed in and were caught off guard but anyone working there had to know this place was headed to its end.
@b4 70% of PepsiCo’s sales, nor Frito’s, are based on SNAP benefits. That is an uninformed and preposterous claim. True, SNAP benefits are significant to sales, maybe something like 20%. It’s hard to say as the use of these benefits by brand are not allowed to be disclosed.
20 plus year Frito vet here. I’m just sorry for all the people. It’s rarely about performance of the site. You guys stay strong
@b4 Hahaha what???? 70% of PepsiCo sales are not through food stamps. That’s so false Wtf 😂
The equipment unfortunately was inefficient to run properly. Too many problems same recurring issues everyday. Pretty sure a high amount of the stuff that was sent out was sent back. We knew our timing was running out and unfortunately that happened today .
Don't blame it on the government shutdown. True, 70% of Pepsico sales are attributed to food stamp recipients paid by taxpayers but this was well planned before. Walmart and all grocery stores are hurting with no funds and trimming orders for fried snacks and sugary sodas
The place was old and I’m a person whom was let go this morning … I was in the first meeting with headquarters meeting at 1130am we was given 10 mins to clear out our lockers and was given a folder with our next steps …. We tried our best with what we had….. Do you know Frito lay Orlando won the Doolan award the highest award you can get just in 2023 weeks worked hard but the equipment was old we tried and I can say we can leave there with our heads held high because they been counted us out
Managers are next . Way over staffed across all plants. They want the stock to jump up before end of year. Going to get wild.
@ax you are 100 % correct! You must work there too.
It comes down to most are shocked it took this long. That plant was plagued with issue after issue, severe injuries, loss of fingers, terrible food safety issues (surprised there hasn’t been a recall from this plant), rodents, and more. Management is horrible, picked and put into place by their friends, and allowed the employees to do whatever they wanted-so no, it wasn’t operating off a good business model. It comes down to-the plant was unreliable and unreliable=financial loss. Terrible it is this close to the holidays-but wait until the stories start coming out.
And Ramon will get his millions while you'll be seeking unemployment. Corporate Greed!
While it is a sad situation; Business is business, if it was profitable it WOULD not be closing. Having been a manager for many years, when tough decisions have to be made, believe it or not we DO consider how it effects the employees. You cant just keep a place open to pay employees when the business is not thriving
What Frito plant is next?
People who work at the smaller plants need to fear as well because if the numbers don't get any better after the 1st quarter of next year, more plants will close. They started with cutting jobs and now another plant down. I've been with them over 25 years and I'm sure I'll be affected next year as I'm at one of the smaller sites
That's not good news. People need jobs and people need chips. Something tells me we'll be eating frito-lay made in China and/or India soon. All so that a billionaire can add more billions to their scoreboard.
Capitalism has its weakness: top-heaviness. Nobody wants communism, but people throughout a company should be sharing in the profit when their work is cornerstone to a company's success. Instead, rather than raising wages, executives scrape more off 9f the top, medical benefits and quality of life benefits remain stuck in time, while the price of living goes up all around us.
Frito-lay could've let this plant continue to employ these people, it was a profitable plant.
When I say this doesn't surprise me at all being a person who was there. It was time the building was old people were getting hurt losing limbs and fingers. Management was horrible they never actually listened to the employees. The communication across the board su-ked. And the employees were never valued smh sad sad day for the good people who worked there i pray for the best
@a8 it’s a sad day for hundreds of employees who had no idea that this was coming.
Well the employees were caught off guard. No notice. They sent out the first text this afternoon to come to a meeting for anyone working 2nd, 3rd shift or off today. They are rushing employees to accept severance packages by setting up individual meetings ASAP. Not sure what’s going to happen to medical coverage for workers and their families. Many of them people who’ve worked there for over 20 years.
I was an employee, im not surprised but still su-ks that it happened. Never thought I'd actually see the day
my company does work for them. we have been told that plant on silverstar is closing down and all contractors must leave
@a7 can confirm, as I am a mechanical contractor that was doing several jobs at that property. Nothing online yet because it literally just happened, and people are still in the parking lot, saying their goodbyes and crying.
Zero anywhere online about.
Shocked it took this long