Poor culture hinders innovation and evolution - Senior Software Engineer Publix Employee Review

3.0
Oct 28, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

- Opportunities to expand products - Job Security - Ok benefits....

Cons

- Keeps incompetent individual on and then empowers them.... - Non competitive pay/compensation - Ever hear of an average Joe? Their Joe isn't average... - Unprofessional forms of communication - Unqualified hires - Lack of any understanding tied to Agile ... - SPOs ... yes this is a thing. No proper POs, no proper Scrum masters, SPOs (Single Point Owner). This is probably the worst thing I've ever seen in any Agile setting. - ITDM ... Another Publix invention that makes almost no sense. - Fragmented team coordination. It's basically pulling a mountain to get multiple teams to coordinate efficiently. - PM team is almost 100% separate and fragmented leaving a lack of overall project vision and direction. - The Directors are honestly pretty blind to the problems and needs of a growing department. - Purchasing tools is an absolute nightmarish process. - There's more of a focus on the website than mobile... no real understanding of why other than bias.

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5.0
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Pros

flexible schedule, good for college or high school students with busy schedules

Cons

low pay, not a lot of raise opportunities

3.0
May 29, 2026
Recommend
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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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