You say "schedule", I don't think that means what you think it means.
There is absolutely no regularity in the scheduled hours OR days. They change weekly. There is no way to have a family (unless they also work or shop at Publix) because weekends are LONGER workdays. Days off are when everyone else is at work or in school. I have no idea who thinks up these schedules (using that term very loosely , because schedule implies CONSISTENCY), but they or their algorithm need training in logistics.
On days when there is a truck coming, have extra staff at work, not fewer. Assistant managers need to be prepared to throw stock on the shelves when the workers call out.
Management knows exactly when everyone is scheduled to leave (BECAUSE THEY ARE HAVING FITS OVER TWO MINUTES OF OVERTIME), and without fail 15 minutes before time to leave they want the entire store blocked.
On the subject of overtime, it's a non-starter. You may be scheduled for 5 - 8 hour days , but because of the speed at which your duties change, you will work 11-12 hours on the weekends, a couple of 9 hour days and on the fifth day go in for 8 minutes and be required to take an hour break. Because no matter how much actual necessary work there is, there is NO OVERTIME. All full time employees are "supposed" to have one weekend day off, if we do though the other one will be extra long. Weekends are for family, so when scheduled on Saturday or Sunday OR BOTH, the employees should be allowed to leave on time. My store has recently begun scheduling me for midnight shifts, AFTER a day shift of 4am - 1pm. I get off work about 2pm from those, have to go home eat something and go to bed by 3 in the afternoon to be able to get up at 11:00 and be at work by midnight until 9 the next morning. There is no Work/Life Balance in this company. I have no idea how employees with young families ever see their children.
According to Forbes , Publix is in the Top Ten on the list of best companies to work for...all I can say is they probably haven't asked the rank and file Hourly employees. It's not brain surgery, it's groceries.
