Great place to work, if you are not a cashier - Cashier Publix Employee Review

3.0
Jul 30, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Customer comes first, clean stores, beautiful produce and meat department, coworkers amazing.

Cons

They make the cashiers and front service clerks(baggers) do custodian duties. Those duties include cleaning bathrooms, emptying trash in the entire store, sweeping and mopping the entire store, vacuuming and window cleaning, cleaning the break room, cleaning the refrigerator, cleaning the mop room. This is all addition to cleaning the register area, which is the only place they should be cleaning, anyway. They also make the cashiers and front service clerks run the auto-scrub floor machines until 11pm at night. It is hot in Florida, and the front service clerks (baggers) get to wear shorts and Publix polo shirts. However, the cashiers, who can spend at least half, it not their whole shift bagging, also have to bag and take people out to their cars, but they won't allow them to wear shorts. Instead cashiers have to wear the cashier uniform of long black pants, black shoes, a button up shirt on the men and a button up shirt with a vest for the women. It's dangerously hot, to the point I've seen coworkers at the point of collapse. The company will also not provide or allow baggers to wear any type of reflective gear, and being in the parking lot is dangerous, and it's just a matter of time before someone is seriously hurt.

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4.0
Jul 7, 2026
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Recommend
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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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