Not bad, too much favoritism today though. - Grocery Team Leader Publix Employee Review

4.0
Apr 5, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay compared to other retailers. Free stock given to associates every year without any contribution from the employees. If you can get promoted, earnings potential can be tremendous.(i.e. Store Managers make 100k + per year).

Cons

Promotions are often based on favoritism of upper management. Upper managers tend to hold onto the really good quality help instead of letting those people move up for fear of having to replace that individual. Can be long hours, particularly around inventories and holidays. Be prepared to have an unpredictable schedule if you're full time, including all hollidays. (xmas, thanksgiving, and easter Publix is closed.)

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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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