Publix reviews

3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(21,113 total reviews)
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61% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Publix has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 21,113 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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2.0
Mar 9, 2011

all talk, no action

Anonymous employee
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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!

3.0
Mar 3, 2011

Many years working in Publix

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Excellent benefits- they are outstanding an comparable to much higher level positions at other employers. There is also good camaraderie among the staff.

Cons

Lots of yelling by management, no support of staff when there are complaints about management, they do not follow prescribed breaks- sometimes you get a break, sometimes you don't; lunch is an hour unpaid. Promotions are very biased- they give tests; they don't follow results because are interested in only advancing certain kinds of people.

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