PepsiCo's 'Leave Loudly' Strategy for Work-Life Balance

This essay discusses PepsiCo's 'Leave Loudly' strategy for work-life balance, its rationale, alignment with HR practices, impact on workplace morale and productivity, and CEO's influence. The strategy aims to encourage employees to maintain a work-life balance and reduce absenteeism. It aligns with HR practices such as equity and diversity, workforce planning and development, and social responsibility. The CEO's personal life influenced the implementation of the strategy. The strategy could improve workplace morale and productivity. Subject: Human Resource Management. Course Code: N/A. Course Name: N/A. College/University: N/A.

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Introduction
Human Resource Organization is considered to be an efficient part of any organization
whereby the different initiatives made by the organization tends to have a positive impact on the
workforce. When the workforce is motivated they tend to perform well and this is generally quite
beneficial for the firm in the long run. The given essay will be discussing the strategy used by
PepsiCo Co in order to ensure that the different employees maintain a suitable work life balance
which will be beneficial for the long term success of the organizations (The Search for Hidden
Figures., 2018). Various points like the rationale behind the implementation of the strategy, the
rationale behind it and the benefits to the firm will be discussed.
About the company
PepsiCo is an American multinational snack and beverage company which has its
headquarters in New York. The company was formed in 1965 and has expanded considerably
since then into a broader range of offerings. The company is known as one of the best places to
work in and has expanded its portfolio considerably.
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Strategic HR priorities pursued by the company
The PepsiCo Company has been in business since a long period of time and since then it
has realized the importance of the human resource in the given organization. The employees tend
to act as the backbone of the business thereby making it very important to ensure that in order to
achieve operational success the firm would be required to foster a positive environment for its
different employees (Storey, 2014). Hence, the long term strategic priorities which are required
to be pursued by the company is the development of an environment which supports growth and

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development (Cascio, 2018). Managing work life balance is the ultimate objective of the
business a reason which causes the highest turnover rate. The firm in this aspect had prioritized
to reduce its high turnover rate. The turnover rate aims to determine the success of the business
and also has an impact on the cost of the business. Hence, though the priority the company aims
to reduce the turnover rate.
Rationale of implementing the ‘leave loudly’ strategy
The leave loudly strategy aims to raise the presentism of the given organization. This
means that it wants to encourage employees to take their work easily and be able to implement
policies which help the different workers in maintaining their work life balance. For this purpose,
they have taken out the policy of the Leave Loudly. This will work in a manner that when a
senior employee will be coming too late for personal commitments and leaving early, they will
let the middle level and junior level employees understand their reasoning behind this (Brewster,
2017). This shall portray an image that if the senior management can take leaves and not adhere
to much pressure, then the middle level employees and the junior level ones can do the same and
ensure that they are being able to meet their personal commitments as well. Emails and other
work related phone calls are also not allowed in order to provide a stress free environment to the
different employees present at the workplace (Kehoe & Wright, 2013). This policy was praised
not only by women who has personal commitments but also by men who preferred this new
convenience and an opportunity to spend some valuable time with their closed ones.
Hence, to state briefly the leave loudly policy is one which is developed in order to
encourage the employees to maintain a work life balance and to provide them with an
environment which encourages their Morales and reduces absenteeism (Alfes et al., 2013).

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How does PepsiCo’s ‘leave loudly’ strategy align with other HR practices:
The leave loud strategy is formed in order to fulfill various objectives of the organization
which range from ensuring a work life balance and helping to indulge in diversity. It also assists
in work force planning and other related aspects as well.
Equity and diversity
It is very important to ensure equity and diversity in the organization so that no employee
is discriminated against and they all are judged on the basis of their work instead of being judged
by their race or gender. Diversity and equity can be ensured in an organization when all the
employees working in an organization are provided equal opportunity which would encourage
them and ensure that these employees are treated equally. Increasing equity and diversity in an
organization tends to increase the productivity of an organization (Alfes et al., 2013). The leave
loudly policy looks out for equity and diversity by promoting people from diverse backgrounds,
races, genders to meet their personal obligations. The leave allow policy is available to every
employee in an organization and the women workers can take this opportunity and work
responsibly without feeling inferior to other employees. They can work as per a given schedule
and convenience.
Workforce planning and development
Workforce planning can be defined as a partnership between the human resource
department and the organization. It helps in identification of the resources which an organization
requires and the needs in terms of the type, size, experience and the skills a workers achieve in
order to attain their objectives. The procedure generally used to ensure that the workforce is
planned according to the environment which are the external and internal (Budhwar & Debrah,

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2013). They also take in consideration the budget of the organization and helps in determination
of the successful outcome of an organization. In strategic workforce planning, the various
components of an organization are analyzed along with an analysis of the business resources.
The leave loudly policy of Pepsi assist the company for long term purpose as it helps to
reduce the turnover rate of the organization (Chelladurai & Kerwin, 2017). It also helps the
company by forming the accurate schedule of the organization and helping the organization to
achieve its strategic objective by encouraging appropriate staff during the right time and ensuring
that the employees are satisfied and that their needs are fulfilled accordingly along with meeting
organizational objectives.
Social responsibility
Social responsibility can be defined as an ethical framework which describes that an
individual has the obligation to act for the benefit of the society at large and in general. It is the
duty of an individual who is leading the organization or the organization to ensure that the
balance between different ecosystems are maintained. Hence, in order to abide by the social
responsibility an organization is required to refrain from engaging in acts which may turn out to
be harmful in nature. In order to adhere by social responsibility the businesses need to make
their decision after viewing the success of the organization in general and by ensuring that the
employees are taken care of (Marler & Fisher, 2013). The social responsibility of the different
employees is often covered by the Corporate Social Responsibility which a firm engages in order
to ensure that the business fulfills its duties towards the society. However, it is important that
social responsibility begins at home and that it is important for any firm to look after its
employees well (Daley, 2015).

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Hence, through the leave loudly initiative the Pepsi co Company wants to see to it that it
is giving its employees the facility to utilize their time efficiently and help them in improving
their life outside the domain of the business. Through this the company wants to fulfill its
obligation of giving it back to the employees by helping them in maintain a work life balance
and take out time for other important things in life.
Work-life balance
Work life balance can be described as an initiative which needs to be taken by an
organization in order to ensure that the individuals who are working in the organization have a
fine limit of working hours and are able to successfully manage working in the organization and
alongside look after their personal commitments (Purce, 2014). Furthermore, with the increasing
advancement of technology, the different employees are required to be connected with the
system run the clock which further disrupts the balance. Hence, it can be stated that it is the duty
of the organization to ensure that its workers have a considerable work life balance and that they
are able to enjoy their life and have sufficient time to maintain their person al lifestyle as well.
PepsiCo’s leaving loud policy has the strategic objective of ensuring that the different
employees in the organization can work at their convenience and in accordance to their schedule.
It helps them in enjoying the little pleasures in life which are very often missed out by the
employees. Pepsi believes that this policy will be able to help the different employees in
achieving their goals and thereby they will be able to serve the organization in a better manner
(Bratton & Gold, 2017).
Outlining how the CEO’s personal life has shaped and influenced the implementation of ‘leave
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The CEO is a father of two children and this went a long way in shaping this policy as he
realizes that balancing workload and family commitments is very difficult. The CEO realizes the
importance of family relationships and due to this he understood that like him, even other fathers
would like to engage in meaningful time with their children and have a full family life. Hence,
the CEO became motivational and devised a plan which stated that the heroes were required to
become a hero at their home as well (Jackson, Schuler & Jiang, 2014).
For this reason, the CEO decided to encourage the employees to take comfortable leave
and even encourage the other members in a society or the organization to take considerable steps
in order to work conveniently and he knew that this impact would have a positive outcome on
the workplace productivity as well.
How such strategy could improve workplace morale and productivity
The leave loudly strategy would incorporate a work life balance for the different
employees in the firm which could go a long way in lifting employee morale and productivity
(Brewster, Chung & Sparrow, 2016). This can be stated because the care for employee works in
two ways. When employees perceive that the organization cares about their development then
they tend to return the favor and work towards a higher productivity.
Employee workplace morale can be described as the attitude of the employees towards
their workplace and their willingness to work for the organization in times of need. The leave
loudly plan aims to help the employees to take a leave whenever they want without being
conscious and to maintain a healthy work life balance (Renwick, Redman & Maguire, 2013).
This freedom refreshes the employees and keeps them stress free as well. In such a scenario, the
employees will feel highly motivated and will want to work for the welfare of the organization.

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This motivation in turn may have a positive impact on the workplace productivity and will being
out success for the organization. Hence, this move of PepsiCo Co shall have a positive impact on
the productivity and success of the firm.
Conclusion
Therefore, from the given analysis it can be stated that human resource management
plays a key role in any organization and it is the duty of the company to ensure that it engages in
successful human resource strategies which shall ensure that the firm has a unique workforce
which contributes to the welfare of the organization. The given essay looked at the leave loud
policy which was adopted by PepsiCo in Australia in order to fulfill various objectives which
include providing the employees with a work life balance, managing diversity and increasing the
morale of the employees.
It was observed that the given move by PepsiCo was fairly successful in increasing the
revenue of the organization and lowering the turnover rate by 5%. Hence, other companies in the
same industry should take the example of Pepsi as a motivation and work for the welfare of the
employees which in turn increases the productivity of the firm.

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