Publix reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(21,124 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 21,124 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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2.0
Apr 6, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Friends I have made. Getting a paycheck.

Cons

Work very hard and rarely get a pat on the back. Make a mistake and you'll know about it soon!!!!!!!! You can get your picture on the wall if enough customers make a fuss over how nice you are, I guess you have to take their food home and cook it for them. Get reprimanded in front of customers for doing something another manager told me to do. Total lack of respect on the part of some managers. I'm in my fifties, been there for nearly 6 months, let me tell you it sucks!!!!!!!!! I'm never late, haven't called in sick, but I get yelled at for leaving my register by one manager because another manager told me to. I was berated for leaving at my scheduled time by one manager when I was told by someelse that I could leave. example.."DON'T YOU EVER LEAVE YOUR REGISTER TILL SOMEONE TELLS YOU THAT YOU CAN" . I replied that "so and so said I could leave".. Never said he was sorry, nothing..

4.0
Apr 5, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great pay compared to other retailers. Free stock given to associates every year without any contribution from the employees. If you can get promoted, earnings potential can be tremendous.(i.e. Store Managers make 100k + per year).

Cons

Promotions are often based on favoritism of upper management. Upper managers tend to hold onto the really good quality help instead of letting those people move up for fear of having to replace that individual. Can be long hours, particularly around inventories and holidays. Be prepared to have an unpredictable schedule if you're full time, including all hollidays. (xmas, thanksgiving, and easter Publix is closed.)

3.0
Apr 4, 2011

It was GREAT!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Very clean and has a great feel. The workers are great and are extremely nice and helpful. They are respectful and seem to take care with what they do.

Cons

The pay at Publix isn't extremely nice, but overall there are almost no negatives or big things to keep people from applying.

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