Customer Management Sr. Associate (Campus Hire Sales) - Anonymous employee PepsiCo Employee Review

1.0
21 Nov 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Good pay, especially as your first job out of college -Great company name, a lot of cool benefits

Cons

Not really sure where to begin. I left PepsiCo after about 11 months on the job. I was a college graduate, and was in the Campus Hire Program as a Customer Management Senior Associate, which means I was a sales/account manager for the beverage department. -I graduated with a marketing degree, and was under the impression that this job would land me a role down the road in the field of marketing. -It is nothing like you would expect. You are a front line employee with a team of individuals who are all double your age. You report to managers who are only a few years older than you. You get to your first account at 6am most days and do not finish until around 2 or 3pm. -Basically what I am saying is when you graduate college, you do not think you'll be working a job where you are packing out coolers in convenience stores, and driving around all day going from account to account by yourself. -Also, the next position, if you get promoted usually 12-20 months, is all in operations and dealing with union employees.

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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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