Thread regarding PepsiCo Inc. (Pepsi) layoffs

Bye Felicia

You nailed quite a few themes that Elliot Management laid out in the letter to the board, 4 days before they did. Well done. Quite impressive.

@jd in regards to surveys always fill in the write in section. Best place for SR leadership to see how they are doing vs fill in the dots and get lost in the data. Not many people do this so it really sticks out. Don’t forget to mis gender yourself and lie about the years of service to hide your identity

The situation in St. Louis is rough, despite the VP overseeing the region trying to paint it as all positive. We finally got to share our side of the story. Our local HR admitted the VP was aware things were bad before the survey, but when we laid out just how awful it is with the survey data to back it up, they acted surprised. I’ve spoken with friends in other states, and they’re going through similar struggles.

My MTL sleeps in his car when he does decide to show up. I feel bad for my MTL. Dudes divorced, chain smoker, few kids, used to work retail.

Pulls 2-3 stops a day for his merch because he struggles to hold people accountable. I’m in the south. Reminds me of Mel Gibson in Lethal we-pon. Every day he shows up grinding as the main character.

I asked him about market standards and he doesn’t even know what should be on display.

His org health are some of the best since he doesn’t give the remaining team members points when they call in sick.

MTL job is worse than a garbage man.

This tthread is going to end up with 100 -0 up votes

same sht iin st louis. Our MD told us he's also told our VP what a disaster merch is. We ended up hiring like 100 more people but our meerch leaders hate their life. Everyone is lookiing for a new job. shtshow

Merchandising is one of the most grueling, manual jobs out there—low pay, minimal skills that transfer to the open market. It’s a relic of an inefficient system, ripe for disruption. Compare that to roofing, framing, or bricklaying—those give you real, tangible expertise. High-demand skills, better pay, less backbreaking monotony.

The merchandising bubble is teetering on the edge. Take Coca-Cola: deploying two merchandisers per store in our region? Overkill. Streamline assortment, cut the fluff, and you get the same results with less waste—same pay, smarter execution.

Managing Pepsi merchandisers? Brutal. It’s like herding cats in a system begging for automation. We need to rethink this from first principles—there’s a better way, and it’s coming.

@bf you absolutely NAILED it with this keen observation:

“ MTL is a joke you’re not a leader you are someone that is reliable so they give you a title to cover everyone that is unreliable and they don’t pay you OT to do it. Brilliant plan!” 

MTL is a joke you’re not a leader you are someone that is reliable so they give you a title to cover everyone that is unreliable and they don’t pay you OT to do it. Brilliant plan

I quit this week too. MTL. My ASM asked why I was leaving. I explained eloquently that I can make near double working 50% less without managing people. He tried telling me I could some day be a TSL. Who the f wants to be a TSL. All of the TSLs in California are prisoners to these LF customers demands.

Good luck everyone and enjoy your indenture servitude

This is legit! I had a VP ask me and I told her these jobs su-k. Laid it out. She turned a blind eye because she didn’t want the truth.

MTL jobs are terrible and you can make more doing basically anything else in the world. But but I’m a leader lololol