Publix reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(21,149 total reviews)
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Kevin Murphy

59% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Publix has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 21,149 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Publix employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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21K reviews
2.0
Mar 6, 2019

Just Okay

Recommend
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Pros

Stock opportunity Nice Coworkers Flexible (ish) hours

Cons

Deceptive management Low pay, bad benefits Experienced rampant sexism in every department from management and coworkers. Cult like work environment at times, pressure to donate to United way is just wrong. Once a month they give us one coupon for a 3$ item, it's a bit insulting. Knowing how much the company makes, and the fact that we recieve absolutely no discounts on any products. I was never able to afford shopping here for the 6 years that I worked here. Shopped at Aldi. After 6 years of hard work I only made 3$ more than when I began.

1.0
Mar 4, 2019

Bad Experience

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They had a good starting salary

Cons

Management was terrible and the hours were awful.

2.0
Feb 19, 2019

It gets you by

Recommend
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Pros

If you plan to build a career with a company and put in 30-40 years, Publix can be very rewarding with their stock options.

Cons

Its grocery store retail, Charlotte district is rough compared to Florida and other more established markets. Managers who were not good enough or liked well enough to get promoted in Florida come to the new market(s) to get their shot, there is more than a few duds. Department managers and up are salary combined with ~60 hours a week not being unheard of pay can be an issue, the stock options are where the money is and that is largely based on tenure and position.

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