"A Great Place to Work" - Baker Publix Employee Review

2.0
26 Feb 2024
Recommend
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Pros

*3 weeks PTO *benefits have expanded to include part-timers *monthly free merchandise coupon, good for trying some new stuff *I hear talk of stocks being given to you for time worked *Overall, probably the best corporate retail I've worked for

Cons

*Managers are rotated every other year or so. While this can be good if you have a bad manager, it also means you can't count on having a good manager forever. * Anytime you introduce an element of "corporate," regardless of the company, you're gonna get sweeping, generalizing decisions that don't make sense for your situation. It also makes it hard to build rapport with good managers and if you care about your department, it gets very draining to continually have to prove yourself to new people. *PTO is also your sick time, so budget accordingly and hope you don't get a string of bad luck. *Part-timers only get benefits if they hit 1000 hours worked in a year, and when I was in the customer service department, I was only getting about 990. *I've been there 3 years so the stocks must be based on that 1000 hours too. * Work Culture is good on the surface, but don't look too deep because I'm not sure they actually believe what they want the public to think they believe. Actions speak louder than words.

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5.0
13 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

flexible schedule, good for college or high school students with busy schedules

Cons

low pay, not a lot of raise opportunities

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.

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