Pros
Decent hours Opportunity for easy advancement Bi-annual raises (potentially) Weekly pay Management knows what they're doing Excellent benefits for P/T and F/T Multiple departments to work in Good place to work if you're young and need a job or if you're a hard-worker because advancement does not require college degrees. Publix is what I call a "resume padder" anyone who knows about Publix would mostlikely be happy and quick to look at your application than others because they have most likely had very pleasant interactions there.
Cons
High employee turnover at store-level Lack of enthusiasm among lower employees Benefits require 1yr and 1,000 hours Have to fight for hours sometimes (depends on department) My last couple evals I achieved what Publix calls "Role-Model" status which is the highest you can get for and eval and both of my raises were larger than the standard raise. Unfortunately it is not uncommon for my store to shaft me on hours. I had one of those evals 3 weeks ago and prior to it I was enjoying 30+ hours a week (split between two departments). After that eval my hours have dropped to 25, 27 and most recently 19.5. I'm about to be married and they know this. I have proven myself to be a superior worker as compared to nearly any and all else in my departments yet there remains a failure to recognize it (and I'm not trying to say I feel like I have to be recognized).