4 years at Publix, and has never been a pleasure to work at - SIP SELECTOR Publix Employee Review

2.0
25 Feb 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible with time-off and school for part-timers. Starting pay for front-end associates is horrible and advancement is not common. Promotions are nice at the store, but only until you hit a certain wage and then they try to lower your evaluation so you won't get a pay raise. Health/dental/vision insurance is nice but only for full-time associates. 401K, but only really works out if Publix will be your career. Free hot lunches at distribution center. Decent money at distribution center, but could be better for the hard work selectors do.

Cons

Where to begin. Three years at the store I have seen way too many disrespectful managers, including the store manager. Always looking down at you like you haven't done your job well enough. Never complimenting on a job well done. Always telling you how to do your own job when they don't know how to their own effectively. The attitudes of the customers coming in on a daily basis doesn't help either. Managers at the Distribution Center aren't any different either. Always looking at number-crunches and never looking at the exhausted faces of the folks that do the work. We don't like to work 9-11 hour shifts so don't say we won't be when you know we will be. Managers also don't like to communicate well with other associates so morale is sometimes terrible.

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Pros

Amazing 401K, free stock after one year of employment, health insurance is very good for part-time employees if only getting it for yourself, management always approves time off requests, hours are always available, will work around school schedules, tuition reimbursement program, will reimburse you for gas for work-related expenses as needed and will put you in a hotel as needed for work-related reasons that are more than 50 miles from your home.

Cons

Not every store is the same, some stores are run better than others, some managers look down upon people with disabilities, and some see people with disabilities the same as someone without disabilities, they are very big about favoritism, you have to work a lot to earn a vacation, the company does not give out sick time and full-time gets the most benefits and is next to impossible to get full-time. Also, you practically have to be a former employee with a clean record or related in some way to a current employee to get a job with the company though Kentucky Publix's don't quite function that way.

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