Publix reviews

3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(21,086 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 21,086 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 Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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21K reviews
1.0
Aug 8, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You get paid every week...that's about it.

Cons

Management sucks. They don't know how to talk to people. Please and thank you is not in their vocabulary. If you speak your mind, you are labeled negative. You have to clean the store (yuck). A lady puked in the bathroom and a poor little bagger had to clean it up. You have to mop, buff, sweep floors, wash windows, clean registers and clean on your hands and knees. It will take you till the day you die to be eligible for stock options if you're part-time. I only worked 6 weeks and quit because I couldn't stand management.

2.0
Oct 3, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They offer good discounts on different things like travel, entertainment, home goods...Their stock options and retirement benefits. Good food options.

Cons

Pharmacy managers are now obligated to give presentations to our supervisors, outline and everything, on our department. We are given NO LUNCH BREAKS and are looked down upon when we are found sitting for a few minutes. We are now in flu shot season so we have to take time out of busy schedule to accommodate and promote this. Also, the hours for technicians have been drastically reduced as the workload has increased. Pharmacists in general are no longer in high demand and here in South Florida you can be easily replaced. That means you are not valuable to the company and they can afford to treat you unfairly. You didn't meet flushot quota? No raise for you. Can't work on every report right away? No raise. Go over on non-rph hours? Don't even think about it. We get visits from corporate every month-Hot Topics they call it. They stay in your store for about 2 hours asking you the dumbest questions and of course wasting your valuable time. They have phone tree messages for every email they send now...just in case you haven't read your email in the last hour. They also have a new clinic program where, of course, you have to come in about an hour early to test patients for diabetes and cholesterol. This too has a quota. Pharmacy has become such a disgustingly competitive business. In general, I feel like I'm wasting my time with this company.

2.0
Aug 31, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They give you company stock after 6 months of employment

Cons

You are hired part time no benefits and you will likely remain part time your whole career there unless the management really likes you then they will help you get full time. There are stores in Publix where management does not want to train or advance any employees unfortunately I was in one of them. Ther were people with 15 years with the company and waiting fulltime benefits. If you get hired by Publix expect to work part time whatevere hours they want to give you, It wont be over 25, and live on part time pay for your whole carreer.

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