Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
A space to discover talent
When you bring your unique talent to work at PepsiCo, you’ll find a welcoming culture committed to helping you grow, learn and develop. A career at PepsiCo means the chance to help shape the future of our iconic brands while making a real impact on the world and your career.
Within the UK, we have a range of roles across functions from Manufacturing and Engineering roles in our busy factories to Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR, R&D and IT positions. Each role brings its own unique benefits and comprehensive training and development opportunities.
We also have our own apprenticeship programme, which has been running for over 7 years and is open to people of all ages, not just school leavers. We’ve trained over 500 apprentices in that time, increasing our talent pipeline and improving the skills and capabilities of our workforce in the process.
Colleagues are also able to take advantage of our extensive range of workplace benefits, from medical and dental insurance and goal orientated wellbeing programmes, to enhanced parental leave options and a Defined Contribution Pension Scheme.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
A space to develop talent
We are passionate about developing our people at all levels of our business. It’s why we’ve been recognized as a UK Top Employer for 13 years in a row. We do this through:
- Regular training and career development tools, including PepsiCo University which offers online courses allowing colleagues to up-skill at the touch of a button
- A dedicated talent development scheme for our frontline, which includes a structured programme of learning to proactively develop skills in preparation for management opportunities
- Operating a long-standing personal development programme designed specifically for women. Strategies for Success is specially designed to accelerate the careers of talented female middle managers
- Driving action on race and ethnicity with a leadership programme designed to develop our ethnically diverse talent
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
A space for people to be themselves
Our people have a voice and we are happy to support those going above and beyond to drive positive change across all levels of the organisation. We empower our employees to champion our diversity and inclusion agenda and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are at the heart of embedding it in our culture. Some highlights include:
Our Thrive group, who drive gender equality and female empowerment. As a business, we’re committed to achieving gender equality and increasing female representation in our workforce, and have already hit our target to reach gender parity in all management roles by 2025, two years early. The Thrive team are helping drive progress by building greater connectivity across the business, tackling issues that are important to female colleagues and working with members and allies to drive positive change.
Our Ethnicity and Culture team who help drive awareness and education about all the different cultures within PepsiCo and help us guard against unconscious bias. The team also play an integral role in helping us celebrate all the festivals and events that matter to our people, including Black History Month, Diwali and Ramadan to name a few.
Our EQUAL team who promote dignity and respect to allow all LGBTQ+ colleagues to bring their full selves to work. From developing PepsiCo UK’s Active Ally guide to attending local Pride events, this group is driving important conversations around LGBTQ+ issues.
Our Parents and Carers group who played an instrumental role in the evolution of our parental leave policy. From their award-winning maternity leave buddy return scheme to addressing topics such as baby loss with a series of sensitive and informative events, they represent all parents and carers with a strong voice.
Our Neurodiversity team who are raising awareness of different neurodivergent attributes and needs throughout the business, to allow our neurodivergent colleagues to feel recognized and supported.
Our Green teams who are living our PepsiCo Positive values by inspiring, empowering and engaging our colleagues to make a positive impact at work, at home and in their communities.
Our Mind & Body team helping us to look after our physical and mental wellbeing, while also providing first line support for mental health issues.
