Pros
Frito-Lay products are of very high quality and are wildly popular. Demand for our products just steadily increases from one year to the next. New products are introduced into the lineup on a frequent basis, and a good percentage of these new products also go on to become very popular and in high demand. Frito-Lay products practically sell themselves. How many other sales people in the world can make a similar boast about their products? Not very many at all. In this respect, a sales position with Frito-Lay is a dream job.
Cons
Because the products practically sell themselves, sales reps become delivery people. A sales route can require 15-20 customer service calls per day- up to $2,000 or more in sales per day, and almost all of that product needs to be merchandised. It becomes a punishing, brutal, high-speed workload which causes an huge amount of physical and mental stress and strain. Every year, that workload is increased- as if the job of a Frito sales rep is actually a large corporate experiment testing the absolute outer limits of human strength and endurance, both physical and mental. Our efforts are under-appreciated and frequently criticized by mangers as they gradually heap more work onto our backs. Despite all of the above, there is still some enjoyment in this job or I wouldn't keep doing it. The pay is good, I never have to pretend to be busy, and our customers are a widely diverse and wonderful bunch of people. That's the part of the job I like the best- chatting and interacting with all of the store owners. I'm working my ass off and so are they- we have much in common in that respect, and I have numerous smiles and laughs with my customers every day. They are good people, and generally hold Frito sales reps in very high regard. And that's because, in my experience, Frito sales reps are also a fine group of good people who really care about their customers, no matter how exhausted they might be.
