Second to slavery - Deli Clerk Publix Employee Review

1.0
25 July 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You might get free food at the end of the night, but you can’t let anyone know or they’ll get you for stealing…even if no one picks up the order. At my location I made 17 an hour which is better than most minimum wage places.

Cons

Literally everything about this job is horrible, from the tyrannical management who are somehow both demanding and lazy as all hell. You will not be treated like a person here, especially if you have a busy store-you are expected to work when you’re sick and management and your coworkers will bully you out of taking your deserved breaks. The customers make the job worse as they will not be patient and will demand the impossible while you are solely responsible for making thousands of sandwiches in person and for online orders because your coworkers will NOT help you. I was on the sub line for 6 consecutive months and it was second to slavery or indentured servitude, I begged my management and my coworkers to let me do something else or train me for another part of the deli and they all refused because then that would mean they have to do sub line, the worst part of the job that everyone including management treated like a punishment. Your coworkers will either make or break your experience here and they will most likely break any good perceptions you have of this job, mine were lazy, rude, petty, and unprofessional a majority of the time-they will call for help on sub line and then immediately disappear when you go to help them because they know they’ll get stuck there and want to fool around in kitchen or traditional then deal with customers. I would rather break every bone in my entire body then work another shift here, corporate has too many deli selections and options for the deli department to be manageable and they keep adding more and more to the menu while working their skeleton crews like slaves, they’re only missing the whips.

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4.0
7 July 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good compensation including not just standard pay, but also end of year bonus 80 hours for hourly associates, 8% of your annual earnings granted to you in free company stock thru which quarterly dividends are paid, ok 401k, and gift card and other associate coupons. Good stability and growth. Good company culture.

Cons

Can be slow and resistant to change. Uses some antiquated systems and software that should have been replaced years ago. Does some things that don't make sense. Some managers can be good, while others not very good. Although these cons may be true for a lot of companies. All roads eventually lead to Lakeland where they are headquartered. Geography can be a big one if you are not a Florida native. If you don't want to live in Florida for some legitimate reasons, there can be limited job options in other states, especially if you aren't interested in retail or warehouse jobs. Standard retail negatives about not having a lot of holidays off.

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