Miserable - Order Selector/Loader Publix Employee Review

2.0
21 Mar 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits for an entry level job, decent pay, stock, it is a fairly decent short term job if you need to make money quickly, if you are interested in being a truck driver you can take a job at the warehouse do your time for a few years and Publix will pay for your CDL, that’s about all the positives though.

Cons

Lack of work life balance, severely under qualified management, rude coworkers, negative/hostile workplace environment (which is not only overlooked but often times actively encouraged by management) lack of motivation to perform well, everything is seniority based so there is no motivation to move up by trying hard, most people in positions of authority are only there because they’ve been there longer and not because they earned the position, you can be promoted to a position, or assigned a certain duty because you have performed well and someone with more time than you can just take it from you because they’ve been there longer (it is called “rolling”) often times this can happen every few months.

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Pros

Good job good coworker to be honest

Cons

Low pay and boring work

3.0
29 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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