Great Place to Start (4.5 stars if that was an option) - Software Engineer Publix Employee Review

4.0
12 Apr 2022
Recommend
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Pros

- Lot's of opportunity to learn - Variety of projects and teams - Progressively striving to be more modern - Full Robust IT department - Work life balance is great regarding PTO/Vacation time - You get out what you put in concerning advancement and developing skill - if you actively pursue challenge projects and tasks, you will be rewarded for it. - End of year bonus - Option to use some of your bonus for more vacation time (it's possible to obtain 4-5 weeks of paid vacation a year!!)

Cons

- Large Enterprise model so expect some red tape in getting things done (has gotten progressively better with CI/CD) - Teams vary widely from team to team regarding the project and tasks - Some teams are doing more support than development. - Reorganization of developers/managers to best tackle projects - this happens out of the blue to the individuals being moved. - Only Hybrid options - fully remote isn't offered to all developers, but I suspect fully remote will progressively become more accepted...hopefully. - Compensation is lower in comparison to other companies in Central Florida

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5.0
30 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

You are in charge of your paycheck. What ever you can run determines your check. I was easily making $40+ running a 160. Most days I would clock out with 180-190 also making around 47 an hour.

Cons

Not too many cons. Only thing is it’s a physical job and no set schedule.but in the plus side you get your rest.

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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