Scheduling sucks. Prepare to work every weekend. - Assistant Customer Service Manager Publix Employee Review

3.0
May 30, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

No company-wide layoffs. Benefits are good. The company gives employees stock!!!

Cons

Promotions: Limited number of stores so promotions can be slow if you're not in the "in" crowd. Good ole boy environment in upper management. Concerns and recommendations are rarely considered. For part-time employees, it is a good company to work for but not so much for full-time and even worst for management, especially if you have a family. You won't know you schedule until the Wed prior to the week's start. No set schedule. Work every weekend unless requested off, even if you rarely do! Ask for days off and it hurts your chances of promotion, God forbid you are a single parent! They do not care for the employee as a person.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
May 29, 2026
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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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