Great if you don't mind having no life outside of the company - Grocery Clerk Publix Employee Review

2.0
Oct 28, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you are ready, willing, and able to completely embrace Publix not so much as a company, but as a lifestyle, you're going to be fine. Think upper-middle-class-white-deed-restricted-community types and you'll get a good idea of what most of the management/upwardly mobile class consists of. Pay is competitive Advancement is easy,...too easy, they keep promoting the unqualified just because they ask for it. Benefits aren't bad, and several can be obtained by part timers.

Cons

You will work so many hours, and get off so exhausted, you will have no life There is an "Us and Them" mentality between management and labor. Communication is almost nonexistent What you do off the clock will be weighed and judged just as much as what you do on the clock for purposes of moving up in the company,...and I mean everything, they want a very vanilla sort of person for management. Training is sink or swim. Watch a video, then "There's your job, do it." Management is terribly slow to fix any problem that comes up, and most company systems and policies are horribly slow to adapt. Managers are changed out so quickly, you barely adjust to the last one before there's a transfer and you start over with a replacement,...and they are far from uniform in quality.

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4.0
Jul 7, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good compensation including not just standard pay, but also end of year bonus 80 hours for hourly associates, 8% of your annual earnings granted to you in free company stock thru which quarterly dividends are paid, ok 401k, and gift card and other associate coupons. Good stability and growth. Good company culture.

Cons

Can be slow and resistant to change. Uses some antiquated systems and software that should have been replaced years ago. Does some things that don't make sense. Some managers can be good, while others not very good. Although these cons may be true for a lot of companies. All roads eventually lead to Lakeland where they are headquartered. Geography can be a big one if you are not a Florida native. If you don't want to live in Florida for some legitimate reasons, there can be limited job options in other states, especially if you aren't interested in retail or warehouse jobs. Standard retail negatives about not having a lot of holidays off.

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