Publix reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(21,123 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 21,123 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
2.0
Feb 18, 2018

Don’t drink the punch.......

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Pros

They will train you, you’ll get full time (eventually) you’ll get a raise every six months their benefits are good.

Cons

They’ll use and abuse you. They will talk behind your back. If you’re good enough they’ll name you a “contender” which just means that you’ll be left alone, in-charge, and responsible for everything and they’ll say they are trying to get you into management but they aren’t really because the funny thing is that all these managers they promote who don’t have degrees aren’t all that smart so the normal paper work stuff that should be 8 hours of work turns into their entire job then you start to wonder how they are writing your evals and ripping into you when they’ve never seen you do all of this. They have a different standard for every single person the managers will target and bully individual employees and will rarely help you even when they schedule themselves to be there working with you I have worked plenty of 50,60,79 hour weeks and had to threaten to quit to get paid the same as the people they were currently hiring with no experience I had to close for 3 months straight (two man job ) by myself opened for a year straight (two man job) by myself then they hired some new guy and starting scheduling me in non critical roles (boring busy work) because I was doing a bad job

3.0
Feb 15, 2018

Cashier (Part-time)

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Pros

Friendly staff and coworkers. Somewhat flexible schedule. Can give and accept shifts from weekly schedule.

Cons

Managment is very bias. They will treat undeserving staff better if they are wishing to make a career out of working for publix. Even if you are better with customers, arriving on time, taking shifts, ect., they will give better raises to people who tell them they want to make a Publix their career.

2.0
Feb 7, 2018

Work here only if you are 16

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Pros

Weekly pay, great coworkers and flexible scheduling

Cons

Terrible pay Inconsistent hours Horrible management No chance of ever becoming FT Horrible almost non existent raises No employee discount Where do I stop ??? If you are 16 and looking to make a few dollars a week for gas and going out with your friends it's fine. If you are a responsible adult needing money to make a living, move along. This won't be the place for you. Management treats you like a child. They do not have your back if there is an issue with rude customers. I have been with the company almost 2.5 years. Finally leaving for full time employment. I won't say this is the worst place I worked but certainly not the best or even close to the best. Publix definitely does not care about their employees. They have taken away our inventory bonuses, raised the amount of hours per calendar year to get insurance. I can go on and on and on. Just glad I am leaving and don't have to deal with this company anymore.

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