Does Publix pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Publix employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Publix. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Publix?

66% of Publix employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Publix 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Publix?

Cashier (2929) , Deli Clerk (1532) , Customer Service Staff (850) , Grocery Clerk (811) , Produce Clerk (684) , Sales Associate/Cashier (512) , Front Service Clerk (492) , Customer Service Representative (463) , Pharmacy Technician (430) , Bakery Clerk (424) , Customer Service (395) , Front Service Clerk (Bagger) (332) , Customer Service Associate (292) , Part Time Cashier (262) , Stock Clerk (237)

What are the pros of working at Publix according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits if you work full time and they do a lot for the community (5K runs for charity)." ((in 2180 reviews)); "People with certain personalities that are upbeat and smile while hiding their pain make it great." ((in 844 reviews)); "The hours are flexible and they are willing to working with school and other job schedules." ((in 795 reviews)); "Great coworkers and nice to get compliments" ((in 661 reviews)); "The managers at most stores try to work with their employees regarding flexible schedules and over all how they can help their employees." ((in 532 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Publix according to real employee reviews?

"Bad management NO support during rush times and ASM yells at you because of their poor lack of scheduling associates or unwillingness to help out." ((in 1338 reviews)); "Managers can be bad and stressful" ((in 934 reviews)); "Bad upper management means trouble for entry level and even department managers." ((in 130 reviews)); "Raises are small and take years to reach what you would call a living wage unless you make it into management" ((in 125 reviews)); "Management played favorites" ((in 94 reviews))

What are employees saying about Publix layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Publix layoffs and their outlook for job security at Publix in 2026.

Publix reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(21,135 total reviews)

Kevin Murphy

59% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Career opportunities

3.6

Culture & values

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.2

Senior management

Publix has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 21,135 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Publix employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Commerce de détail et de gros industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

21K reviews

2.0

Oct 27, 2021

Information Systems has a lot of work to do...

Programmer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent benefits for a company based in central Florida.

Cons

- Information Systems (IT department) is poorly managed and feels chaotic. I/S teams feel siloed off. -There's very little help from other teams if you are using their systems. - All associates in this department seem to share the same belief; there's not enough time in the day for all their responsibilities. - There are very few architects, and they seem to be spread thin between all the projects happening at once. Technologies are carelessly thrown at dev teams without any training. There's virtually no direction due to their limited resources. - Developers are on fire, their managers are on fire, and it seems to continue up the "ladder." - Very little diversity within I/S corporate. - Pay is not competitive for programmers/programmer analysts/ systems analyst programmers.

2.0

Aug 25, 2021

Red Masking Tape

Senior systems analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People are great, Company Values, Salary

Cons

Company is stuck in the past. Most of management came from inside the company and absolutely refuse to do things differently. 45 hour work weeks at a minimum. A lot of busy work that has no meaning.

3.0

Mar 20, 2020

You most likely will not do any programming

Programmer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Salary is decent -Benefits is decent -Managers are usually nice

Cons

-As a programmer you will be dealing with the bureaucracy of implementing technology, you will NOT be programming -Programmers do NOT program they simply work with vendors -Technology is very outdated -The computer you will use is very outdated -Your computer is a desktop -The free lunch is free but the food is no bueno -Health insurance is not the greatest -Some weeks you will work a lot because something stops working and this happens a lot. For a lot of the systems that you will be the primary, your backup person will not be able to help you when something goes wrong because the backup will never get to work on this project. Their name will be on the project, but their hours will be on the project where they are primary -People who have worked there for a long time are rude and just overall very negative about everything -No onboarding and training -A lot of programmers there just work there because it's pretty much one of the few places to work in Lakeland, not because they love it. And that shows! -They ask you why it's so hard to hire and keep programmers, you tell them the honest truth and they don't implement any changes

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