Product developer Review
by PepsiCo
Rating
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Skills
3.8
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Responsibilities
3.0
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Support & Guidance
3.0
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Culture
3.5
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Your Impressions
4.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at PepsiCo
- 7. Would you recommend PepsiCo to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to PepsiCo
Overview
Research into health benefits of functional ingredients and application into products. Mix of desk based research and practical research. There is a decent amount of presentations too. There is also a student project to design a new product for a Pepsico brand and opportunities to do office wide projects such as STEM or environmental work.
Skills
- Networking - Presenting - Time management - Presentation making - Management of people - Communication
Responsibilities
Yes, I get to manage a decent amount of money for my projects and manage a few people too. I'm given a lot of freedom with my projects, they do put a lot of trust in the students
Support & Guidance
You have your line manager, buddy, mentor, the student team and other students as support. Whether you choose to use them or not is up to you. I think this is really subjective on your line manager and the people you work with- I didn't always feel I could fully reach out for support due to the gossip culture I had witnessed amongst some of the staff so didn't want to disclose issues.
Culture
Mostly nice. They try to involve everyone and make a community feel. Most people are friendly and willing to help. There are some people who dislike students (as with every company I imagine). There is also a bit of a competitive atmosphere amongst students which is fueled by some staff members.
Your Impressions
I enjoyed the opportunities given to me and the freedom I had. My team and the wider office were mostly lovely and there were perks to working for a big business (money for events, freebies). I think the atmosphere nurtures + celebrates extroverts and can exclude other personality types. I personally wouldn't go back purely as it is not a career I wish to further explore but if I did, I would consider PepsiCo.
Yes
Just be yourself. Even if you aren't sure the job title matches your career goals, its very flexible and you can tailor your work to your interests (in R&D) so apply anyway. If you don't enjoy socialising/ want very theoretical or heavy research work/ prefer solo work this placement isn't likely to bring out the best in you.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Science
East Midlands
May 2022
