Good place to start work; lower levels of work not very challenging; can move up. - Bagger Publix Employee Review

4.0
6 Jun 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Fairly easy work being a bagger or cashier Opportunity to move into positions of greater responsibility Great opportunity to be friendly if you like people 401K / employee-only Stock options

Cons

Easy work is mind-numbing/repetitive work at lower levels. Physically unhealthy - My knees would definitely not like me after 8 hours of bringing carts in and standing in the same spot to bag groceries. Publix runs a pretty tight ship. It sometimes seemed pretentious to me. Not great pay or benefits unless you work a certain number of hours per year. Everyone seemed to want/need to work more hours.

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5.0
1 Apr 2026
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Pros

Management is very good. Phenomenal work environment.

Cons

The hours for part-time were not fixed, so it was a challenge to juggle some schedules given at times.

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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