Worst place to work for - Grocery Stocker Publix Employee Review

1.0
Nov 13, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent pay, a few cool people. There really are not many. Sometimes you get off work at noon or 1 but you will be there at 2 or 3 am.

Cons

They will work you until you're right at the edge of full time then cut your hours so you don't get benefits from them. They treat their employees like carp. Co workers are not friendly. They don't care about work life balance. They make you stay past the end of your shift to get more things done. They screw up your sleep schedule with weird hours. For example. One day you may work 3 pm-11pm. The next day you may work 7am-4pm and then might get a day off then the next day you work 2am-noon. Or you will work 7-4 then the next day have to be in at work at 4 am. They really don't appreciate their employees. They only pretend to. They won't give their employees the time of day. Won't even say hi to me when I come in to work. No professional or common curtosey.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Good compensation including not just standard pay, but also end of year bonus 80 hours for hourly associates, 8% of your annual earnings granted to you in free company stock thru which quarterly dividends are paid, ok 401k, and gift card and other associate coupons. Good stability and growth. Good company culture.

Cons

Can be slow and resistant to change. Uses some antiquated systems and software that should have been replaced years ago. Does some things that don't make sense. Some managers can be good, while others not very good. Although these cons may be true for a lot of companies. All roads eventually lead to Lakeland where they are headquartered. Geography can be a big one if you are not a Florida native. If you don't want to live in Florida for some legitimate reasons, there can be limited job options in other states, especially if you aren't interested in retail or warehouse jobs. Standard retail negatives about not having a lot of holidays off.

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