Publix reviews

3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(21,102 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 21,102 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
Nov 21, 2018

If you have few options in life, Try Publix.

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Pros

Gifted stock even though this is Publix run stock and they themselves manipulate and measure its assigned value.

Cons

Cult company mentality bordering on psychotic. No true open door policy, you will be retaliated against should you bring to light any issues that don't paint your managers in the best light. Rules are for some not all, if you are in favor rules don't apply. The truly worst part is lying to all associates and selling them a dream long forgotten about retiring very well with Publix through stock. They have and will continue to slash benefits and despite deep company reserves, will remove your bonuses and lessen hours to meet an ever receding matrix that you can never catch. They have and will continue to lose many good workers but this appears to be a strategy as good workers cost more hourly.

2.0
Nov 17, 2018

Management makes or breaks it.

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Pros

Your time at Publix will be the greatest job you have ever had if your department manager is perfect and is qualified for his or her job.

Cons

You will be worked over 6 hours without a break, and come back from break with an hour or 30 minutes of your shift remaining. (This is why I quit, 28 times within 2018) Place like Target, Whole Foods, Food Lion, Kroger, and Walmart would not even do this. You will be scheduled agents your availability. You will be expected to stay 30 minutes past your shift due to business needs. You will be scheduled to close past 11:00 P.M. and will be expected to come back at 6:00 A.M.. Publix was ranked best place for millennials, but the management seems ageist against the young crowed. You will have a difficult time receiving full time. If you are a female that has to previous Deli experience, then you will start at a lower pay than a male with no experience in a deli. The best workers at my Deli were female. They stated at $11 or $10 with previous experience. Men hired usually started $1 to $0.50 more. All reference and procedure guides in the Deli are no longer valid for most things. You will receive a ton of loose-leaf paper with much of the information missing. Management will through you under a bus to save themselves. Management provided poor training to new associates. They often hired associates that did not even know how to do dishes. Publix is growing rapidly and management is switched up too much. Terrible work life balance, If you choose to be full time then they would want you available any day at any hour.

1.0
Oct 26, 2018

Hated it here

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Pros

- good pay - decent staff - room to grow

Cons

- some disrespectful coworkers, was sexually harassed while working here by a coworker (she asked me for help with getting price tickets and she placed them and touched me on my privates and my chest at the time I was scared to tell my manager so I decided to quit)and no one would help me at work when needed and left out back. - they didn’t care for employee safety (someone was hurt my first day but made her work anyways, they didn’t enforce safety on machines or clean up properly) - manager lied about my position stating it was part time when I was clearly full time.

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