My experience working with Publix - Cashier/Bagger Publix Employee Review

4.0
14 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I guess there are some pros they used to give us gift cards but now I think they're dwindling that out which I really used to like it was about $100 and I was able to get my groceries and meal prep.

Cons

They're very stingy with their hours I personally don't care too much cause I'm in college student and I have way too much stuff to do for school that I never really paid attention. But my other coworkers this is their livelihoods and they can't feed their family with the amount of hours Publix are giving they're very stingy with that. And then there's no freedom in Publix you feel like you're stuck in a glass cage you have to ask your manager or customer service associate to do anything if you want to have a bathroom break you have to ask someone then out of nowhere customer will then you have to take care of them then go to the bathroom it's just unnecessarily overwhelming and they don't let you use their phones which is expected from some jobs but I work early morning it's literally empty in there and they expect you to sit there and not use your phone but the managers all the managers are different they will sit and talk to each other every single day but when you try to talk to your coworker they would look at you like they're telling you with your eyes not to talk them. But for them they will literally go from the produce department all the way upfront to the customer department just to talk to their manager friends it's so unprofessional and every associate is mad because how come you get to talk but we can't

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Pros

Good work culture, long breaks, get raises fairly often, easy job

Cons

Inconsistent scheduling, standing for long hours, strict requirements

3.0
29 May 2026
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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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