one of the worst companies i worked for in my life - Meals Clerk Publix Employee Review

1.0
May 13, 2020
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Pros

a job, some benefits but you wont get all that are listed unless 1 year of employment or worked 1.5k hours or are FT.

Cons

i have not been working there long but they LOVE TO PUNISH for the smallest of things, like saying to the managers that you cannot do a good job because of you receiving bad training, when your Manager scheduled you for training, it is very inconsistent for any On The Job training. the job is incredibly precise about everything and getting pulled aside for not being highly productive every time, unless you are full time, your hours are cut because of it. the pay is good enough to get by but i have requesting more hours and training for weeks only to get lied too, but they will hire more people instead and now i go into work frustrated every day. The Company says they have Open Door Policy and are there to help you, that is a BIG lie. i was hired to be Meals Clerk and that was shut down due to #COVID-19 and was cross trained into the deli department to be terribly trained, i have Commercial Kitchen through other companies i just don't know the publix way, the pay rate comparison is completely different, a Starting PT Meals Clerk makes the same as a PT Cashier $11.25/hr and a starting Deli clerk makes $12.30/hr. i received no Temp pay or any thing. publix loves to bribe their employee's with free meal tickets MAYBE once a month. the benefits list is complete bent LIE. 99% of those are guaranteed as a FT but as a PT employee you get Vision and Dental after 90 days, everything else you need to have worked 1.5k hours or work one Calendar Year of being hired. i have worked for several grocery stores in my years, this is the worst one. Management punished for small things Poor Training the "great Place to work" is a LIE

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Cons

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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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