A teammate who got laid off in the last round spent weeks helping a new hire learn the job, showing him the ropes, answering questions, in essence, training the person who would take over. And then suddenly, she's gone, without warning. The new hire is now doing her old role. I can’t wrap my head around how companies actually do this.
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Someone I work with has been asked by her manager "can you tell who in the India team could do your job instead of you" ... and its not because she's getting promoted ! Its getting crazy in PepsiCo now, especially since Athina started getting a grip of the company.
Happened to me too, younger, are more likely to keep their mouth shut, and maybe cheaper. I was let go during a round of middle aged employees and those that can be technically ready for early retirement early on. And no class action lawsuits. They can skirt around laws. The team I was on was 97% hispanic or ethnic before everything shifted to Mexico. PepsiCo loves to keep diversity young hires.
Until people get really fed up and decide to fight back with a class action lawsuit suit, there will be no end. I used to think this was illegal, but money talks and all else walks.
I have been training my replacement (Mexico & India) since 2020. Now I train managers on my job so they can submit tickets. The only thing I still do is position moves, but the managers need to fill out a form with all of the info-basically the same info that goes in a ticket. I assume I will be let go at some point. I am frito payroll.