Does PepsiCo pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, PepsiCo employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at PepsiCo. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at PepsiCo?

72% of PepsiCo employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated PepsiCo 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the pros of working at PepsiCo according to real employee reviews?

"The pay was good and there were a lot of off site events for management." ((in 1889 reviews)); "We have good benefits and the people we work hand in hand are usually hard workers." ((in 1530 reviews)); "The people there are great and they are always looking to push the boundaries in the food and beverage industry." ((in 1107 reviews)); "Culture is great and transparent" ((in 749 reviews)); "It is easy to move up and the money is good it also helps build a network within the industry." ((in 241 reviews))

What are the cons of working at PepsiCo according to real employee reviews?

"No work life balance with extremely huge workload and sometimes unrealistic expectation & unlimited overtime without pay." ((in 931 reviews)); "long hours & many field related complaints from the customer teams that are often uncontrollable by the KAM" ((in 875 reviews)); "There's no real control on who is a good and a bad manager" ((in 298 reviews)); "I would say you work long hours and heavy labor" ((in 271 reviews)); "The company as a whole is decent but depending on the site leadership it can be very poor." ((in 175 reviews))

What are employees saying about PepsiCo layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about PepsiCo layoffs and their outlook for job security at PepsiCo in 2026.

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PepsiCo reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(17,241 total reviews)

Ramon Laguarta

80% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Culture & values

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.4

Senior management

PepsiCo has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 17,241 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PepsiCo employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

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17K reviews

1.0

Jul 2, 2018

Keep your head low, if you're in IT

It analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive salary, flexible work schedule

Cons

Moving in a horrible direction. Constant fear of being outsourced. Always adding complexity and busy work, instead of looking for common sense solutions

1.0

Aug 26, 2017

Performance pay no good

Rsr route sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefit plan, great coworkers

Cons

PERFORMANCE PAY! You first take a pay cut then they offer you a bonus for exceeding your sales plan based on percentage, but make the plan unreachable in most cases have lost 4 RSRs since performance pay took over and will lose more.

1.0

Jul 26, 2017

Stay away

Rsr route sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

None. Stay away. Company was good but now payperformance had killed the company

Cons

Everything stay away. CEOs make millions of dollars but we the front line people had to take a pay cut for the sake of the company

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