Publix reviews

3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(21,113 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 21,113 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
2.0
Aug 3, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

-If you have the right management, you can really see teamwork take action. -Some customers are super nice -Gave two stars for the very few managers I had who were actually decent.

Cons

-If your managers don't like you, you might as well find a new job. -I would come in early, stay late, close one night and open the next, never had any complaints (basically did my job better than most) and got some of the lowest raises in the store. -Managers could be standing directly next to you while you're being sexually harassed (which is quite common) and do nothing to help you. -No kind of discount. They'll give you a coupon once a quarter, but it's usually for like a free yogurt or something. -DONATIONS. If the store doesn't meet its daily goal for charity donations, employees have to pitch in. Management would get reimbursed for their contributions (no surprise), but not part-time employees. Same goes with focus items, if we have to sell a certain amount of an item on sale and we haven't sold enough, we have to buy it. -In essence, forced to donate to United Way out of your paycheck each week. -You could be a bagger and end up doing janitorial work, you could be a cashier and end up bagging, Customer Service Staff is almost always bagging/cashiering. If you promote someone to a position, give them the opportunity to actually work in that position. -False reputation as a "great place to work" and gives off this pretentious notion that no one (no matter their position) is above doing anything- I never saw a manager get carts or clean a bathroom. - VERY inconsistent hours

1.0
Jun 28, 2018

Don’t drink the koolaid

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Paid weekly, holiday bonus, quality products and service

Cons

Publix preaches this “Culture” they are so proud of. It is all a show. What they don’t tell you is they run the people who care about the job into the ground. While those just there to earn a paycheck coast by. They try best to keep under wraps at store level to protect their squeaky clean image. Meanwhile, management is condescending, arrogant, and manipulative to its “valued” employees. Micro managing runs rapid throughout and department managers have little to no power to run their department of the store how they see fit. Asst and Store managers are unapprochable on a personal level. They lack compassion and understanding for anything other than business needs. Families have been torn apart due to the long hours, no set schedules, and little observation of holiday and religious values.

4.0
Jun 12, 2018

Publix Cake Decorator

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Publix provides a flexible schedule between 5am - 11pm. It's a fun job. Creative. Nice environment. Good customer service training. Ability to switch departments. After a year you can get health insurance if you work 30 hours a week.

Cons

Understaffed. Unrealistic expectations from corporate on productivity goals. Low pay. Obtaining full-time is very difficult. Weekend are very stressful with long hours because not enough employees are scheduled to handle the volume of cake orders. Often asked to stay late on weekends.

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