Abusive treatment at the hands of management and corporate - Anonymous employee Publix Employee Review

1.0
14 Feb 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Wages are high, decide for yourself if it's worth it.

Cons

A culture that was once the gold standard of retail now consists of dictatorial micromanagement, ON AND OFF THE CLOCK. Examples include being threatened with termination if you dare to shop at another store other than Publix, (I thought in America you had the right to spend your own money as you see fit?) in the latest edict from corporate we are not allowed to say "You're Welcome" to a customer. No, I'm not kidding.

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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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