Publix is a pretty good place to work if you don't mind living in Lakeland and doing things the old-fashioned way. - Training Developer Publix Employee Review

3.0
Aug 7, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It's very secure. The company gives all employees ~10% of their salary worth of stock each year as a retirement benefit. The stock has been growing well. People are friendly, for the most part. There's a free cafeteria serving lunch every day.

Cons

My department required 45-55 hours of work per week. I was FLSA-exempt, so this was without overtime. There was a lot of grumbling and dissatisfaction about the direction of the department. High turnover put pressure on us all to complete the projects of others. The culture is very political. There was a lot of laziness, CYA-behavior, and finger-pointing. They're really cheap. For example, employees are expected to share hotel rooms on business trips whenever possible

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Pros

You can buy stock after one year

Cons

Having to deal with rude customers

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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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