Very unhappy and disappointed. - Cashier Publix Employee Review

2.0
Apr 6, 2011
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Pros

Friends I have made. Getting a paycheck.

Cons

Work very hard and rarely get a pat on the back. Make a mistake and you'll know about it soon!!!!!!!! You can get your picture on the wall if enough customers make a fuss over how nice you are, I guess you have to take their food home and cook it for them. Get reprimanded in front of customers for doing something another manager told me to do. Total lack of respect on the part of some managers. I'm in my fifties, been there for nearly 6 months, let me tell you it sucks!!!!!!!!! I'm never late, haven't called in sick, but I get yelled at for leaving my register by one manager because another manager told me to. I was berated for leaving at my scheduled time by one manager when I was told by someelse that I could leave. example.."DON'T YOU EVER LEAVE YOUR REGISTER TILL SOMEONE TELLS YOU THAT YOU CAN" . I replied that "so and so said I could leave".. Never said he was sorry, nothing..

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Cons

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3.0
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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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