The Coca-Cola Company (KO) has always had a knack for reinvention; that's why it has maintained its position as the global market leader for 140 years. With EPS of $0.97, Coca-Cola beat Wall Street estimates by 4% and raised its full-year outlook to 5%. Behind its constant reinvention is a global workforce responsible for turning its strategy into sales. Here's a look at Coca-Cola's employees in 2026, where they work, and how recent layoffs have reshaped its workforce. Today, it takes tens of thousands of Coca-Cola employees — and hundreds of thousands more throughout its global bottling system — to give the world what it wants: the "real thing," AKA Coca-Cola.