Terrible - Pharmacist Publix Employee Review

2.0
Oct 25, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

pub subs for lunch, friendly coworkers

Cons

little to no technician help, most full time techs have left for better jobs. expect to work the majority of your 11-12 hour shift by yourself. work environment has become more metrics based and they're constantly on you for not meeting metrics. they want more from you and give you less. pay is less than other retail companies and the work life has become more stressful than ever. the insurance is a joke with high premiums. most pharmacists there have been with the company for 10 years plus and are only staying due to stock accumulated over time, the rest are new pharmacists who think this is better than other retailers and learn quickly that it's a terrible work environment

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Cons

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Pros

Amazing 401K, free stock after one year of employment, health insurance is very good for part-time employees if only getting it for yourself, management always approves time off requests, hours are always available, will work around school schedules, tuition reimbursement program, will reimburse you for gas for work-related expenses as needed and will put you in a hotel as needed for work-related reasons that are more than 50 miles from your home.

Cons

Not every store is the same, some stores are run better than others, some managers look down upon people with disabilities, and some see people with disabilities the same as someone without disabilities, they are very big about favoritism, you have to work a lot to earn a vacation, the company does not give out sick time and full-time gets the most benefits and is next to impossible to get full-time. Also, you practically have to be a former employee with a clean record or related in some way to a current employee to get a job with the company though Kentucky Publix's don't quite function that way.

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