Publix reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(21,130 total reviews)
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59% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Publix has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 21,130 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Publix employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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1.0
Jul 25, 2025

Second to slavery

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Pros

You might get free food at the end of the night, but you can’t let anyone know or they’ll get you for stealing…even if no one picks up the order. At my location I made 17 an hour which is better than most minimum wage places.

Cons

Literally everything about this job is horrible, from the tyrannical management who are somehow both demanding and lazy as all hell. You will not be treated like a person here, especially if you have a busy store-you are expected to work when you’re sick and management and your coworkers will bully you out of taking your deserved breaks. The customers make the job worse as they will not be patient and will demand the impossible while you are solely responsible for making thousands of sandwiches in person and for online orders because your coworkers will NOT help you. I was on the sub line for 6 consecutive months and it was second to slavery or indentured servitude, I begged my management and my coworkers to let me do something else or train me for another part of the deli and they all refused because then that would mean they have to do sub line, the worst part of the job that everyone including management treated like a punishment. Your coworkers will either make or break your experience here and they will most likely break any good perceptions you have of this job, mine were lazy, rude, petty, and unprofessional a majority of the time-they will call for help on sub line and then immediately disappear when you go to help them because they know they’ll get stuck there and want to fool around in kitchen or traditional then deal with customers. I would rather break every bone in my entire body then work another shift here, corporate has too many deli selections and options for the deli department to be manageable and they keep adding more and more to the menu while working their skeleton crews like slaves, they’re only missing the whips.

3.0
Jul 24, 2025

Mixed bag

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Pros

Always busy, decent hourly pay, nice managers

Cons

Terrible hours, churns out part timers, hard to get promoted, stressful

3.0
Jul 22, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

For full timers, great benefits. Part timers get an hour of PTO every 80 worked hours. Usually a positive work environment, but it depends on the store. Have to work your way up, you can't just get nepo-babied into management.

Cons

Despite how all managers start out like anyone else, the work is hard and the way they treat you shows for it. I have had some nasty managers in my experience. I have also had some great ones. Part timers either get over worked (but never enough for overtime) or never get any hours. Expect your schedule to be extremely inconsistent if you are lucky enough to have a regular schedule. If they like you and you are a good worker, you will get more hours but your schedule will be all over the place and do not be surprised if you get close-opens.

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