Horrible worst place I have ever worked, lack of training, lack of compassion. - Deli Associate Publix Employee Review

1.0
Mar 14, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits package, chance to move up if you kiss ass and fit into their mold.

Cons

I was not trained properly in anything that I was supposed to do, I was trained by several different people and they all told me different things, and my training in important areas didn't really seem to concern anyone, I just quit today 3/15/12 due to the fact that when my store manager returned tomorrow and rather than go through the humiliation of being fired I quit.. The reason they were going to fire me was because I called in three times in a two month period, twice to take care of my extremely ill child and the other time because I couldn't get out of bed and was coughing all over the place and was told when they hired me don't come in if you are coughing throwing up or have diarrhea.

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Pros

Feels like family Responsive to employee needs great training

Cons

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3.0
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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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