Publix reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(21,117 total reviews)
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Kevin Murphy

59% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Publix has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 21,117 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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21K reviews
1.0
Nov 20, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's not going out of business any time soon - the job is reliable and safe if you're a hard worker

Cons

Every year, more benefits are taken away. Corporate hides it behind professional-sounding jargon. They try to make it sound like they're doing it for the employees, but we're losing bonuses, getting smaller raises, losing sick/vacation time, etc. Corporate micromanagers every little detail of every department. They can't fathom that stores in different areas should operate differently because they want everything done one way. One store only has a few customers until 10 AM, while another store has scores of customers upon opening + dozens of online orders and platters? Still staffed the same. We're encouraged to put out more than we sell. Overproduce to make the shelves look pretty. Every night, hundreds of pounds of wasted food and plastic are thrown away. I don't even want to think about the detrimental environmental effects Publix inflicts throughout all its stores across the East Coast.

3.0
Aug 17, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, decent pay (especially if you work in management), if you have the right manager then it can boost morale within the department, opportunity for moving up in certain districts

Cons

Nepotism, constantly being under different management, I personally experienced discrimination where I worked, no work/home balance, not enough hours

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