Used to be great- Going downhill quickly
Pros
*My experience at Publix helped me to get a better job because it is a respected company. *Made great friends. *Stock benefits.
Cons
*Extremely difficult to get full time. *Crazy hours, nearly impossible to have a life. Tons of nights, weekends, and holidays. *If you call in sick the managers lay guilt trips on you (I once had a manager tell me to lay down for an hour then try to come in even though I was throwing up and had a fever) even if you rarely ever call in. *They have been chipping away at benefits for years. Some examples: 1.) Used to be eligible for health insurance at 1000 hours a year, changed to 1500 hours per year. 2.) Went from paying time and a half for working Sundays to just 1 dollar extra an hour, now nothing. 3.) Did away with inventory bonuses for non management (yes they gave raises but trust me, the associates are still losing). *They customer is always right, even when they are being extremely unreasonable and even at times abusive. Management rarely backs the associates up even when you are trying to uphold policy. *Certain people get away with things others get suspended or fired for. *It's way too "corporate" and they do not care about associates anymore.
