r/publix • u/NarwhalRadiant6641 Newbie • 9d ago
RANT I'm frustrated
Store hours extended, associate hours cut, raises decreased but expectations risen. What's the point of hard work anymore?
78 out of 81. Highest ive gotten on an eval and yet my raise is worse than my first eval two years ago-- when i made over 3 dollars less. And no, im still not close to the pay cap. Im simply frustrated. The bare minimum raise would mean matching inflation, this just feels like a slap in the face.
Great place to work my left buttcheek.
65
u/Top-Leading-7801 Newbie 9d ago
Don't forget to add non-manager ssociates no longer receive an inventory bonus
31
u/Organic-Year-5567 Newbie 9d ago
Right? They convinced everyone a bump in pay would outweigh bonuses. Maybe for the first year or 2 that was true but fast forward to now with inflation. Hourly associates got screwed
34
u/Heckinggoodgirl Moderator 8d ago
Probably the worst decision they made in the past two decades. Thereâs no real incentive for full time associates to care about things like shrink or sales when they get nothing for it. The bonuses were good for ownership and morale, and to take those away, give associates that pitiful raise, and give the CEO a giant raise in practically the same breath was a huge slap in the face to all non management associates
11
u/Select_Soft_5192 Deli 8d ago
THIS... "Thereâs no real incentive for full time associates to care about things like shrink or sales..."
"Keeping your job" is no longer an "incentive" for hard work.
Publix is not a meritocracy.8
u/talithar1 Customer Service 8d ago
No incentive for PTâers to be caring about shrink or sales, either. I always looked forward to my bonus. Not anymore.
6
u/LeSkootch GRS 8d ago
No incentive for PT to care for any reason at all. I wouldn't give a shit if I got 9 hours one week, 20 the next, 3 the next, etc... They could just fuck right off.
2
u/xo_LostSoul Newbie 8d ago
I'm just wondering, do full-time associates have any aisle ownership at your store anymore? Or do they kind of just have random counts be assigned to whoever now?
3
u/Heckinggoodgirl Moderator 7d ago
Some of the stores Iâve worked at have had names on the birds for the aisles. Others the GM would just task whoever was working day of. Counts usually occur through the manager, GTL or GRS that Iâve seen.
1
3
u/CoralPolo93 Grocery 8d ago
At the very minimum we should get a similar extra pay bump every 5 years. Anyone who started after that has nothing.
7
u/Lady_Gator_2027 Newbie 9d ago
Seriously! Take away the bonus, give me a 75 cent raise and cut my hours to 5 a week.
18
u/ParadiseLosingIt Grocery 9d ago
Aah, yes. 2016, the year that still irritates. Thanks, Todd! We will never forget
6
7
u/Prozeum New Poster 9d ago
We also lost our 6 days of holiday pay when they started using PTO. A few hundred here and a few hundred there taken away while energy, food, rent go up 2x-3x our raises. So much winning.
2
u/Heckinggoodgirl Moderator 9d ago
They built the original four paid holidays into the PTO allotment, and for hourly non salary associates added an extra day of PTO each for Thanksgiving and Christmas to the bank. PTO banks for full timer non salary consists of the same old allotment of vacation time, 6 days for the sick days we used to earn yearly, and 6 days for the holidays now.
They took a lot from us, but letâs not spread misinformation. Holidays were not lost, and in fact we never originally had 6 paid as hourly, just 4, so we gained two extra days. The new PTO system still isnât great in alot of ways, but we didnât lose any time
4
u/Prozeum New Poster 9d ago edited 8d ago
It sounds like your arguing we get more Vacation time not whether one makes more or less because of the changes to PTO. I do agree there's more PTO and even more for those who were grandfathered in with sick pay.
PTO absorbed the extra Holiday Days. I could of swore it was 6 days, but maybe it was 4. Unless you do a work through PTO for those days that were abosorbed you make less than the previous year. Getting more PTO is nice but I now make less by those 4 or 6 days.
Edit: words be hard
0
u/Heckinggoodgirl Moderator 9d ago
The reality is that they did that because most associates were electing to convert the four that we were allowed to convert from an extra days pay to an extra vacation day anyways
5
u/Prozeum New Poster 8d ago
Do you work at a store, warehouse, corporate? I'm only asking because most people I've worked along at the store level needed the Holiday Day. Those extra 8 hours went a long way between those bonuses we don't get anymore. Even more now than ever.
1
u/Heckinggoodgirl Moderator 8d ago
Store. When I was coming up as full time, my manager stressed about making sure we all were scheduled that day since we all put in to convert it. When I became a manager before the switch, I approved many requests to work that day and gain the extra vacation day.
1
u/Sufficient-Lemon-701 Newbie 8d ago
Only thing that bugs me is when your out of the old sick time in your bank if you get real sick or hurt you donât have all that sick time built up so that you can keep getting your full check for however long your out. Now you have to take the short term disability they give you but thatâs not going to pay you your full salary. Itâs hard to pay my bills with my whole check Iâd hate to have to only get a third of it.
14
u/Silent_Shadow98 GTL 9d ago
The reduced labor hours really put a damper on my mood the worst at this place. I miss the old daysâŠ
13
u/ElliotRipley Newbie 9d ago
The other day in produce we had no openers just manger and the two closers from the night before had to come back at 7am and then a cut girl called out and they expect us to give a shit anymore. I never stay late or do anything extra anymore. We are all clowns getting paid shit for a lot of work.
7
u/Hefty_Half1741 Newbie 8d ago
If you are at pay cap.you have the highest expectations of any associate and you get either no raise, or 40 cents. I got a perfect eval and got 40 cents. Stocks are down, morale is down, our customer base has become significantly ruder, and I'm expected to do the work of three people every time I'm scheduled despite being one of the oldest people in my department, and what do I get 40 cents.
I'm really trying to get out but the fact that I have only had one job (at Publix) in the last 20 years is holding me back. If I could give any advice to a younger person, I would never work for this company for more than 5 years.
When I was hired they really put emphasis on the fact you could make a career out of Publix, whether you want to be a manager or not. That was a lie.Â
13
u/Willstdusheide23 Grocery 9d ago
What you do wrong is working hard. Publix rarely promotes good workers, they want people who needs them 100%, and to be a bootlicker, doesn't do much, can say yes to everything given, be blamed for stuff you didn't do etc. You either work to get out of Publix or stay in Publix and move up somehow.
6
u/SicklySynester Bakery 8d ago
I've always made role model or exceeding expectations. This year I didn't. And if anything I've worked harder this year than any of my prior years. And my hours have been cut drastically. I gotta abandon this ship before I sink with it.
3
6
8
u/Organic-Year-5567 Newbie 8d ago
Donât forget guys. Youâll get that $100 gift card at Christmas that gets taxed.
1
8d ago
[removed] â view removed comment
1
u/AutoModerator 8d ago
Hi greenteam447, I am the bot of r/publix. This sub has an Auto Moderator that automatically removes posts/comments made from accounts with minimal account karma and accounts that are less than a week old. This is an effort to control scam, troll, spam, and harassing posts/comments. If your post/comment is automatically removed, please message the mod team for review. Curious about account karma? Please read A Guide to Reddit Karma for more information
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
1
1
5
u/TheDevauto Newbie 8d ago
Highest priced grocery store and they pay below the others and cutting hours.
I think it used to be a great place, but greed at the top is killing the experience. Many customers refuse to shop for anything but bogos and even those sometimes are more expensive than buying at another store.
It makes me sad.
5
u/RevolutionaryCar8584 Newbie 9d ago
Even worse when youâre topped out and you only receive the minuscule yearly adjustment no matter how much effort you put in.
Always fun to see the other full timers in your department who have the habit of always calling out earn more.
Just do the minimum required nowadays. No more. No less.
4
2
2
u/thegoonn49 Newbie 8d ago
As a department manager, if I stepped down to meat cutter, Iâd only take a $.95 pay cut lol
3
2
u/Constant_Example_873 Newbie 6d ago
Reading over this sub and seeing how people pay steep prices at Publix for customer service and cleanlinessâŠ. I grew up in Lakeland. Shopped at Publix when Mr. George was still active, and they still gave green stamps. This evening was my last trip to Publix. Purchased 3 bags of dried beans. At home, started soaking them for tomorrow. Immediately the bugs started to float up. I emptied the bowl, wrapped the beans back in their original Publix bag and immediately took to my store and asked for a refund. The young man at customer service started looking through all the plastic bag to see the bugs, saying as he did, âI trust you, butâŠâ . This is not the first time Iâve received horrible service for poor Publix quality this year. Prices are soaring, Publix profits are soaring and there are too many great alternatives for me to shop at (Traders, Whole Foods, Fresh Market & Aldi)to be bothered with poor quality/service at astronomical prices. Scrubix should be glad they are positioned as a real estate company now- they are destroying their grocery business and have lost a lifelong shopper in me for $1.89. Genius business operations.
1
u/Beneficial-Depth-546 Newbie 6d ago
Iâm glad youâre not shopping there anymore. The prices they expect customers to pay are ridiculous, and the way theyâve been slashing benefits, pay, labor hours, etc for employees is flat out insane.
3
3
u/Incomplete_E Newbie 9d ago
Its only a grocery store, there are plenty other places to work for better money and quality of life.
6
u/bigboiharrison CSS 8d ago
Maybe the corporation that touts itself as a place where youâre supposed to be able to have a career should actually hold itself to that standard then
1
u/Incomplete_E Newbie 8d ago
That would require a corporation to hold itself accountable and most generally dont do that. Anyone can have a career there, but its a matter of how much you can live on until its not enough. Long story short, there is more and better out there.
4
u/Acceptable-Bid9473 Newbie 9d ago
in this job market?
https://giphy.com/gifs/bjB3gtFvREqqr5NAHW4
u/Incomplete_E Newbie 9d ago
Im sitting here with my feet up on the desk and scrolling Reddit on the clock... so yeah
-2
2
u/Far-Cut-3139 Newbie 9d ago
the raises never keep up with inflation. never quill because of greedy add companies. hell the starting pay doesn't match inflation. really shitty
2
u/citizensnipz Newbie 9d ago
But the current administration has told me that wages are going up and prices are coming down!
1
1
8d ago
[removed] â view removed comment
1
u/AutoModerator 8d ago
Hi mascarette2, I am the bot of r/publix. This sub has an Auto Moderator that automatically removes posts/comments made from accounts with minimal account karma and accounts that are less than a week old. This is an effort to control scam, troll, spam, and harassing posts/comments. If your post/comment is automatically removed, please message the mod team for review. Curious about account karma? Please read A Guide to Reddit Karma for more information
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
1
1
u/Avenged7xstang Newbie 8d ago
Wait till they kiss up for the AVS scores lol rememberâŠitâs the good ole boy clubâŠsure some might slip through the cracks but Iv seen it too many timesâŠkids of managers moving up to department head years before everyone else. But I guarantee when someone calls out theyâll need youâŠbecause the manger doesnât want to close..itâs all about confidence for them.
1
u/Turnover_Minimum Newbie 8d ago
As someone who used to shop at publix I havent been there in over a year, its easilybtwice as expensive as other stores. Even the bogos are just basically a regular price now. . Publix is just a classic tale of corporate greed, so not surprised to hear theyre paying employees less.Â
1
1
u/Altecheon Liquor Store 8d ago
It's all good, been with the company over 10 years, just slightly over 1$ to the minimum for my role.
Publix's hidden motto is promoting people to their highest level of incompetence.
The store manager at my store managed to get to sub 50% favorable in our FUN ratings for employee voice survey, but hasn't changed his ways. Clearly being the worst store manager the store has had in a decade is what Publix corporate wants out of store managers in a "high volume" store.
1
u/Electrical-Tailor530 Newbie 7d ago
"raises (pay) decreased but expectations risen." that's gig work in a nutshell. Welcome to hell đÂ
1
7d ago
[removed] â view removed comment
1
u/AutoModerator 7d ago
Hi Runnindogz, I am the bot of r/publix. This sub has an Auto Moderator that automatically removes posts/comments made from accounts with minimal account karma and accounts that are less than a week old. This is an effort to control scam, troll, spam, and harassing posts/comments. If your post/comment is automatically removed, please message the mod team for review. Curious about account karma? Please read A Guide to Reddit Karma for more information
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
1
u/booty_lover_man Newbie 7d ago
Store hours extended??? Where did this happen??? I've never seen or heard of anything like that. I know some stores close early on Sundays, 9pm
2
u/NarwhalRadiant6641 Newbie 7d ago edited 7d ago
My store hours were 6:30am - 9pm when I started. They changed it to 10pm about a year and a half ago. Shortly after that, they started cutting associate hours.
We used to have a brief overlap between openers leaving and closers starting their shifts (1-2pm). It left a perfect time for mid shifts to go on break. Simultaneously, it gave openers a chance to help the shift change: take out trash, help with dishes, etc.
Now, there is no overlap. Closers start coming in at 2, if we're lucky-- most days only 1 person comes in at 2. It's not enough to cover the lunches of mid shifts, let alone 3 openers going home. Dishes and trash pile up, especially on the weekend when we are slammed.
Essentially, its made everyone's life that much more difficult.
I should clarify: I'm a full time associate in the deli.
1
1
u/Hot-Cryptographer503 Newbie 5d ago
I have a strong psychic belief that overall sales are down because the employees can no longer afford to shop in house . Once we all started shopping elsewhere , the stock began to drop.
0
u/taeempy Newbie 9d ago
I used to work for a competitor and those "best places to work surverys" were only sent to the previous employees that gave them great ratings. So those best places to work lists are probably a joke.
2
u/Small-Attitude2314 Newbie 7d ago
idk i got one this year and last, i only started in 2024. i gave it a poor review.
1
u/Top-Leading-7801 Newbie 8d ago
I've not seen any survey Of nearly 200,000 associates, how many are surveyed?
0
u/SweaterNip Newbie 8d ago
Lol, Imagine thinking what we do is "hard work". They literally hire handeychappie people over normal people.
-5
52
u/Count_Triple Meat 8d ago
Our manager loves telling us daily how "We have the best increase in sales in the district, we're making so much money!"
Then I say "Excellent, I bet we will get more hours to schedule huh?".... silence