no balance between work and home life - Department Manager Publix Employee Review

3.0
Jun 9, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The retirement, all through company stock is great, and the job security is fantastic especially in this industry.

Cons

The retirement is fantastic, but as a dept. manager expect to fill in for your employees when they call in sick. If an employee calls in sick you have to work the extra hours, because its impossible to approve overtime. So when an employee wants an extra day off they just call in sick, but as a manager you will never use your sick time unless you are on your death bed or with a serious illness. That is a great benefit if you do get really sick, but what good is it if you get burnt out working sixty to seventy hours per week, then they tell you that you don't know how to manage your time!

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Pros

flexible schedule, good for college or high school students with busy schedules

Cons

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3.0
May 29, 2026
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Pros

Amazing 401K, free stock after one year of employment, health insurance is very good for part-time employees if only getting it for yourself, management always approves time off requests, hours are always available, will work around school schedules, tuition reimbursement program, will reimburse you for gas for work-related expenses as needed and will put you in a hotel as needed for work-related reasons that are more than 50 miles from your home.

Cons

Not every store is the same, some stores are run better than others, some managers look down upon people with disabilities, and some see people with disabilities the same as someone without disabilities, they are very big about favoritism, you have to work a lot to earn a vacation, the company does not give out sick time and full-time gets the most benefits and is next to impossible to get full-time. Also, you practically have to be a former employee with a clean record or related in some way to a current employee to get a job with the company though Kentucky Publix's don't quite function that way.

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