Supply Chain Internship - Supply Chain PepsiCo Employee Review

4.0
3 Aug 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Working at PepsiCo has been such a rewarding experience. You have flexible hours, a network of people to support you, and free product (sometimes)! Working as a Supply Chain Intern, you sit near the Supply Chain Leaders and see what their day-to-day life is like. It's a great experience because you can see your future role in PepsiCo and if it's really something you want. They really make sure you get the most you can out of your experience, even if you won't accept a full time position if they offered you one. Working at PepsiCo, you won't be that stereotypical intern getting coffee for everyone. You'll be working on a real project with real impacts on the business.

Cons

Sometimes it's hard to influence people with long tenure because you are just an intern. Also, people don't tell you everything you need to know, and you have to ask the right people the right questions or else you will end up wasting a lot of time just learning the background of your project. At times, it can be stressful because your project can be very impactful, but as long as you find a good work life balance, you will come out strong.

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While PepsiCo promotes internal growth opportunities, many promotions and leadership opportunities appeared to favor college internship hires over long-term internal employees. In some cases, newer college-based management pushed corporate initiatives without fully understanding local market realities or account volume trends. For example, innovation products were sometimes forced into low-volume accounts where sell-through was unrealistic. Operationally, certain delivery processes could be improved, particularly with Tropicana products being stored in coolers on trucks for extended periods, which could impact product quality and increase waste. Work-life balance could also be challenging, as sales representatives commonly worked 50–60 hour weeks. Expectations from corporate leadership were often unrealistic, especially when customer representatives and drivers were expected to fully stock stores while servicing 15+ accounts per day. Experiences could also vary depending on whether locations were union or non-union operated.

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