She had zero write-ups in over eight years — until she raised a discrimination complaint
A former Frito-Lay merchandiser is suing the company, alleging HR dismissed her discrimination complaint as "not an issue for HR."
Diana Truitt worked for Rolling Frito-Lay Sales, LP for a decade, servicing stores, stocking shelves, and building product displays across Southern Illinois. On February 11, she filed a federal lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, accusing the company of discriminating against her because of her age and sex, and retaliating against her when she pushed back.
According to the lawsuit, when Truitt — a woman born in 1966 — asked her two male supervisors in October 2023 about applying for a higher-paying co-lead position on her route, they told her it "would be better served by one of the younger guys." They said she "could not work like she used to" and suggested that "people her age were retiring."
Truitt says she wanted to stay on the Carbondale/Murphysboro route she had held for over eight years. Instead, she was pulled off it and replaced by younger male employees, while being sent to cover stores farther from her home.
When she raised the matter with HR representative Anne Evans in January 2024, she was told it was "not an issue for HR" and directed to a zone business manager instead.
What followed, the lawsuit alleges, was a swift and escalating series of disciplinary actions — the first in Truitt's entire tenure with...
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