Pros
Eight days a month in office. My team interacts in a professional manner, however, I have seen some of the Senior managers not behave professionally at all. Sad. Example..less than 36 hours after major hurricane struck..no gas, no power for most of the area since and my senior manager ask if I have vacation days left I could use because when asked via text, I shared I had NO gas and NO power and food was spoiling, no hot water. I had no means of going into the office or working from home. The next business day, however, things had gotten better(as I knew they would). I could not respond. I had no words. I was trying to survive and all he cared about was if I could use one of my vacation days cause I could not work. The next day (Sat), the Gov. had trucks come into the area to give away gas because many people were suffering. And he wanted to focus on one day.
Cons
Lack of leadership. I think Publix lacks a critical mass of professionals that have worked outside of the "incestuous" Public bubble. As result, they haven't grown intellectually as an organization. They still try to work like they are a small company with a focus on constant fire fighting versus looking ahead and thinking strategically to improve the IT structure long term. As soon as one fire is put out, everyone just goes back to business as usual until the next fire. Very reactive. Not open to new ideas.