Loved the people I worked with, Hated everything else - Anonymous employee Publix Employee Review

2.0
Oct 31, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great co-workers, outstanding customer service provided by us.

Cons

Teenage supervisors, no clear path to promotion, to much nepotism, reviews that make no sense. They also have you do voice surveys to rate management but do not use the results to improve things. Scheduling is horrible. One week you have 35 hours some weeks 20. When you are supporting a family, it is hard to budget especially when making 8.00 per hour.

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Cons

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Pros

Amazing 401K, free stock after one year of employment, health insurance is very good for part-time employees if only getting it for yourself, management always approves time off requests, hours are always available, will work around school schedules, tuition reimbursement program, will reimburse you for gas for work-related expenses as needed and will put you in a hotel as needed for work-related reasons that are more than 50 miles from your home.

Cons

Not every store is the same, some stores are run better than others, some managers look down upon people with disabilities, and some see people with disabilities the same as someone without disabilities, they are very big about favoritism, you have to work a lot to earn a vacation, the company does not give out sick time and full-time gets the most benefits and is next to impossible to get full-time. Also, you practically have to be a former employee with a clean record or related in some way to a current employee to get a job with the company though Kentucky Publix's don't quite function that way.

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