From another thread but said very well.
The PBNA field team consists of some of the industry's top talent. If our competitors hired the top 50 ASMs from across PBNA, we would lose market share significantly faster due to systemic challenges internally. The issue isn't our field operations—it's an industry-wide pay problem across Merchandisers and Sales reps. PBNA consistently achieves more with fewer resources. For example, Coca-Cola deploys two merchandisers per store, while PBNA often relies on a single merchandiser, sometimes working as late as 7pm for a last account. Our operations are stretched thin, and the only way forward is to address the compensation at the street and resource gaps at a higher level.