all talk, no action - Anonymous employee Publix Employee Review

2.0
Mar 9, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Its in a nice area, and the people who work there are overall nice people. The store is clean and some of the management is ok.

Cons

Opportunity to advance is basically non existent even though they will tell you otherwise on your interview. I was promised full time in 6 mths and its been almost a year. 'Fraternizing" is ok, because we have managers, rooming with non managers and there is alot of favortism. I was given 40 hrs a week but they wouldnt change my classification to full time, they always want me to work over my scheduled time but then take it back at the end of the workweek. One guy was mad that I got a "promotion". He is one that shares a house with a manager and three months later, I was back to overnight stocking, 21 hours a week and the crybaby was in my position that they moved me from...When I said something to the grocery manager, his response was "You better be thankful I gave you 3 days" I took a 5.00 per hour pay cut to work for Publix, after working at walmart for 11yrs BECAUSE they made me think I would move up in the company. I'm currently working out my 2 wk notice because I was hired at another company, straight into management, full time and more pay. Im sure Publix was a great place to work at one time, but now that I have been there for a year, I found out otherwise!

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Cons

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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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