Its a job. - Anonymous employee Publix Employee Review

3.0
Aug 8, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

One of the best things about this company is that you own the company. The company gives you stocks based on the amount of hours you work. They do provide health insurance(includes vision and dental) which is fantastic. Your coworkers can be awesome! Your managers can also be awesome! You also have a 401k and long term disability insurance for full-time. I am not sure about part-time. You get some regular customers that you get to know by name. Great job if you go to college. They do have tuition reimbursment. You do get some weekend days off as well as weekdays.

Cons

Well, your coworkers can be entitled and expect to have what they want(shifts, offdays, workload) and everyone else has to just deal. You can expect that the rest of the shifts will have to be covered by you and the rest of your coworkers. You could get stuck working all nights because of this. They dont follow the handbook with anything in store. Your managers can be bullies. I have been done dirty by several managers within the company. Dont call HR because they will get protected. Your coworkers can be fun but dont think your friends at work. They are not nice people and you will get thrown under the bus. I have had employees try to get me fired for things I wasnt even doing. They were doing it and blamed it on you. Politics, politics, politics. Managers play favorites. The company recently got rid of inventory bonuses for associates which is an ongoing trend. Every few years the Publix takes away some benefit or another.They gave us a small pay increase but nothing compared to our bonuses. Tip: learn the game.

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Cons

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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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