Drink the Kool-Aid or leave - Deli Clerk Publix Employee Review

2.0
Feb 24, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Great for students and kids looking for a flexible schedule.

Cons

Poverty wages from a company that claims to care for its employees. Management at the stores I worked at are largely unmotivated due to the fact that it's nearly impossible to be fired. I've heard of people LITERALLY being caught having sex in the dairy fridge and recieving nothing more than 3 day suspension for having sex near food that we sell to customers. Management has no desire to help others progress because they have no desire to progress themselves. 7 years of being one of the most trusted and talented employees in my department got me nothing. While I begged for full-time work some older full timers were closer to being incompetent liabilities rather than useful and productive members of the team but there are simply no remedies to remove these people to free up spots for those who want to progress. They come in, get their 40 hours, and clog a system that is already slow and laborious.

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Pros

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Cons

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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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