It's a good job to start off with. - Bakery Clerk Publix Employee Review

3.0
Apr 30, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Don't need previous job experience. Pay is above minimum wage. Have the opportunity to work more hours. If full time, you can get benefits and shares of Publix stock.

Cons

Changing your availability is difficult if you're in college. Certain departments, such as the bakery, have the least amount of employees, making it difficult to take time off if sick or taking exams for school. Long hours, sometimes without a break.

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Pros

You can buy stock after one year

Cons

Having to deal with rude customers

3.0
May 29, 2026
Recommend
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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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