Don’t drink the punch....... - Meat Cutter Publix Employee Review

2.0
18 Feb 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They will train you, you’ll get full time (eventually) you’ll get a raise every six months their benefits are good.

Cons

They’ll use and abuse you. They will talk behind your back. If you’re good enough they’ll name you a “contender” which just means that you’ll be left alone, in-charge, and responsible for everything and they’ll say they are trying to get you into management but they aren’t really because the funny thing is that all these managers they promote who don’t have degrees aren’t all that smart so the normal paper work stuff that should be 8 hours of work turns into their entire job then you start to wonder how they are writing your evals and ripping into you when they’ve never seen you do all of this. They have a different standard for every single person the managers will target and bully individual employees and will rarely help you even when they schedule themselves to be there working with you I have worked plenty of 50,60,79 hour weeks and had to threaten to quit to get paid the same as the people they were currently hiring with no experience I had to close for 3 months straight (two man job ) by myself opened for a year straight (two man job) by myself then they hired some new guy and starting scheduling me in non critical roles (boring busy work) because I was doing a bad job

Explore other reviews about Publix

5.0
10 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You can buy stock after one year

Cons

Having to deal with rude customers

3.0
29 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All