Great Pay While it Lasted - Apprentice Cake Decorator Publix Employee Review

4.0
24 May 2022
Recommend
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Pros

My department managers made us take our breaks, and if we didn't take them, we were allowed to go home an hour early. You get to work with cake and pastries all day, which is wonderful! I felt adequately trained for everything I did while I was there.

Cons

I would often work over my shift by an hour, or not be able to take a break due to staffing issues. While our products jumped in price, due to COVID, supply chain, and all that jazz, workers didn't see a cent in raises. My store managers really sucked. Like really really sucked. Everyone in their respective departments would be breaking their backs to get through the day, and my store manager would lie on the floor of her office and take naps. Sometimes for two hours.

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5.0
4 Jun 2026
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Pros

Good job good coworker to be honest

Cons

Low pay and boring work

3.0
29 May 2026
Recommend
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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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