Publix reviews

3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(21,083 total reviews)
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Kevin Murphy

61% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Publix has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 21,083 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
Oct 1, 2015
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Pros

Salary, days off, holidays off

Cons

Pharmacists work 12 hour shifts with NO BREAKS OR LUNCH, no maternity leave and no short term disability

1.0
Mar 14, 2015
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Pros

If you WANT only part time work, at least they pay a couple dollars more than other places.

Cons

There are so many it's hard to know where to start. First, expect to be kept at part time for a really long time. Like, forever unless they're desperate. The management team is atrocious. They browbeat the employees and set up a dog-eat-dog atmosphere. There are so few full time spots that everyone is clawing over each other to get them. Then you are told one day there is one ft spot authorized and then you hear there never was a ft spot. The turn over rate for this store has been astounding. Thereally were about 6 people who left stores in Florida because they were told if they relocated they could be full time. When they got here, they were told there was ever any intention to make them full time. All 6 are leaving, or have already left. One young man even had a company form with a box checked showing full time - after he moved from FL to NC (on his own) our store claimed it was a typo. He has worked for Publix since 2007. Favoritism is rampant and not based on quality of work. All in all its perhaps the worst place I've ever worked. I once worked a 13.5 hour shift and am regularly scheduled 10 hour shifts just standing in one spot all day. No thank you at all. Instead, they spent time going over how awful it was that I was 15 minutes late the day my pipes froze and burst. (I called). Expect no raises and few benefits. Once you get into a department, there's virtually no way to cross train because they are so short staffed. Our department started with 6 people, now we have 2. And it's like that in the whole place. Not a good place to work, avoid unless desperate.

5.0
Dec 11, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

I worked for Publix for 6 years. I was a manager 4 of those years. In all of the time that I was with them they took really great care of me. They expect a little more from their managers but they compensate them much better than any other grocery store. They equip their people far better than any other grocery store I have worked at. If you are seeking a long term career Publix is the place. Be willing to start out the bottom, set your sights on management, work hard and be faithful and you will get there quickly. The retirement is awesome with Publix. In the 6 years I was there I accumulated 20000 dollars in stocks just from what they gave me. They are all employee owned, and don't suffer fools. Meaning that if your not all in It might not be the place for you.

Cons

Sometimes upper management can forget to acknowledge and appreciate the good work of their employees. Their are different ways to get the same results. Personalities vary from store to store so it in one store you could have the misfortune of seek leadership though Publix is usually pretty good about spotting that and helping their managers to become better.

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