The Workforce AI Index · Consumer Defensive
Mondelez International, Inc. (MDLZ)
Snack maker, counted by U.S. and abroad. Read October 1, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending 2025-12-31, filed 2026-02-04. Ranked 14 of the 16 Consumer Defensive companies read so far, by the share within reach now: the sector.
The filing counts 12,000 U.S. and 79,000 non-U.S. employees and nothing by category, so the two food patterns follow revenue by category (c).
The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.
What follows from the reading
Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 14% now, 21% at the end of 2027, 23% at the end of 2028, 23% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 23% desk work, 11% people work and 66% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 76% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 16% becomes checking a model's work and 7% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
91,000 employees as of 2025-12-31 (stated). The filing counts approximately 12,000 U.S. employees and 79,000 outside the United States.
The filing: “At December 31, 2025, we had approximately 91,000 employees. At December 31, 2025, our workforce was composed of approximately 12,000 U.S. employees and approximately 79,000 employees outside the United States.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing | 52% | By revenue (c): biscuits and baked snacks at 48% of revenue, the bakeries the filing describes across its regions, with no count by category. |
| Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing | 48% | By revenue (c): chocolate at 33% and gum and candy at 11% of revenue, confectionery making, with no count by category. |
What the filing says about the workforce: 12,000 U.S. and 79,000 non-U.S. employees; unions or workers' councils represent about 22% of U.S. employees and 56% of those outside the United States; more than 2,500 employees in Russia; a hybrid model for office-based employees.
What the filing says about AI
10 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in 10 sentences, as a market force: AI and machine learning among the technologies shaping consumer preferences and shopping channels, and generative AI outputs that its brands may appear beside.
- “Our ability to succeed depends on our ability to adapt to changing market conditions, which includes identifying and responding to new or developing trends, technological advancements (including advancements such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and augmented reality) which are increasingly important for understanding evolving consumer preferences.”
- “Our brands may also be associated with or appear alongside harmful content including outputs from generative artificial intelligence models.”
- “There may be further shifts in the relative size of shopping channels in addition to the increasing role of digital tools (including artificial intelligence and machine learning) and commerce for consumers.”
- “Demand for our products could decrease and our profitability could suffer if we fail to expand and promote our product offerings successfully across product categories, rapidly develop products in faster growing and more profitable categories or reach consumers in efficient and effective ways leveraging data and analytics (including artificial intelligence and machine learning).”
- “Furthermore, the rapid evolution and increased adoption of artificial intelligence may intensify our cybersecurity risks and create new vectors of exposure.”
Headcount by filing year
As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 91,000 | 2026-02-04 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 90,000 | 2025-02-05 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 91,000 | 2024-02-02 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 91,000 | 2023-02-03 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 79,000 | 2022-02-04 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 79,000 | 2021-02-05 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 80,000 | 2020-02-07 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 68,000 | 2019-02-08 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 71,000 | 2018-02-09 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 78,000 | 2017-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 99,000 | 2016-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 104,000 | 2015-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 107,000 | 2014-03-03 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 110,000 | 2013-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 126,000 | 2012-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 127,000 | 2011-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 97,000 | 2010-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 98,000 | 2009-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-31 | 103,000 | 2008-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-31 | 90,000 | 2007-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 94,000 | 2006-03-10 | 10-K |
| 2004-12-31 | 98,000 | 2005-03-11 | 10-K |
| 2003-12-31 | 106,000 | 2004-03-12 | 10-K |
| 2002-12-31 | 109,000 | 2003-03-25 | 10-K |
| 2001-12-31 | 114,000 | 2002-03-14 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The filing counts people by U.S. and non-U.S., not by category; the split between baked snacks and confectionery rests on revenue (c).
- Most of the workforce is abroad; the patterns apply abroad because the work is the same in kind (rule 7).
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001628280-26-005345, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
Questions about this company
- How much of Mondelez International, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 14% now and 23% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Mondelez International, Inc.'s own annual report describes and BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. It is an estimate with a stated method. It is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings, and it says nothing about what the company will do.
- How many people does Mondelez International, Inc. employ?
- 91,000 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states. About 13% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up Mondelez International, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing; by those patterns the work is about 23% desk work, 11% people work and 66% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Mondelez International, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 10 sentences in the filing name AI. They are counted and quoted on this page, never judged: a count says how much a filing talks about AI, not what the company does with it.
- How is this estimated?
- Claude Fable 5.1 read the annual report under the Index's written rubric (version 1) on October 1, 2026: the stated headcount, the share in the U.S. when stated, and the workforce as a blend of industry staffing patterns. The estimates are the site's industry estimates weighted by those shares, from O*NET tasks with estimated lengths and METR's measurements of how long a task AI models can finish. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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