Pros
Ive worked for publix for 12 years in the meat dept. and I've been full time for most of them. My managers have been 100 percent accomodating to my schedual for school, and then for a second job. Ive done my best to make them have no choice but to schedual me early by being very good at my job and always doing what im asked but they didnt have to be so coperative with me yet they were. Ive loved the comraderie, culture, and respect i have gotten being a publix meat cutter. Those who do there best or figure out how to be better dont have to worry about favoritism, they become the favorites, and there is unlimited opportunity to advance for those that want to work for it. U will come across managers and senior managers with sub par intelligence, but ive also met doctors and lawyers that i thought were complete idiots too. Benefits are with out a doubt quite good especially if you have been there a long time. Overall ive loved my job and i like the philosophy of publix
Cons
Email by Email tasks are piled on, by themselves they are no big deal for hard working meat cutters, but things like grinding up to 10 times a day and cleaning between them is just completly ridiculous, and it sometimes seems that the regional director, district manager, and meat retail improvment specialist are not telling eachother what they are telling us. Recently they told us seafood assosiates were to no longer wear meat coats, the reason? its "unproffesional" later it was clarified that dirty meat coats with blood on them were not to be worn. If messages like this are constantly given it starts to insult our intelligence and the average associate wonders why we are supposed to take upper management seriously if they think they dont even need to explain something so unusual. And i personally have no problem processing the massive variety of ready to cook items and regular items we are required to have at all time, but if we are compelled to have them then the district mangers should not constantly complain about lowering shrink when it is below 2 percent.
