Where working is not a pleasure - Cashier Publix Employee Review

2.0
4 Sept 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

One of the only good reasons to work for this company would be if you were working part time and going to school. They are very fair when it comes to allowing you to change your availability and when you ask for time off.

Cons

There are plenty of cons about working for Publix. First of all, if you aren't a Customer Service Staff than the favoritism game is strong. If you are not a favorite, regardless of how hard you work you will not get the hours that you want and you will see that you are working 10 times harder than everyone around you and still constantly being reprimanded. They really hate it when you call-in when you are sick. They try to avoid sending people home who are sick. Some of the managers do not know how to do any work. If you do get hours then your hours could be really long maybe 10 hours and only receiving a 30 minute break. It will take you forever to move up in a position and the pay is horrible.

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Pros

You can buy stock after one year

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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