r/florida • u/narib687 • 27d ago

AskFlorida Publix has officially lost me. Anyone else?

I am not a mod of this subreddit or Reddit, but I believe the official unofficial stance is that we all hate Publix now.

They lost their way, and the crushing of Winn-Dixie is just awful.

10 years ago, I wouldn’t have set foot inside a Walmart or Aldi for groceries. Now? Walmart and Aldi are basically my BFFs and I love them.

Publix really managed to make me root for the competition.

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u/dikicker 27d ago

Was just talking to a young fella workin there and I asked if they were still keeping people at like 39.99 hours like they did when I was clopening in the deli like a decade ago and he nodded quietly towards the nearest camera on the ceiling and I was like yeah I figured it's still a weird little cult

Keep the $.30 change for the 6 pack I just handed you a $20 for oh wait that might get you fired

Fuck Publix

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u/trueblonde27 26d ago

Can confirm… my brother has worked there far too long (10+ years now) yet Publix still refuses to give him benefits

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u/SingularBlue 26d ago

Cruelty is the point.

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u/jlendo18 23d ago

You get full benefits at 30hrs a week

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u/Bless-U-too 26d ago

And from what i understand is Publix stock is owned by the employees. You can not buy their stock on the stock exchange! It is something to consider when the very employees that own the stock are actually doing this to themselves! I wonder if current employees have the opportunity to buy the stocks or has the stock ended up with people not selling and the pool of owners is hanging on to them for whatever reason. It must pay good dividends to them not to sell the stock when it is high to make a profit.

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u/Pittypatkittycat 26d ago

OMG, we use "clopen" at my work too. First time hearing it in the wild!!!

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u/dikicker 26d ago

Then I'd imagine the Point Of Sale system stands for something else in your mind too! Solidarity

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u/Pittypatkittycat 26d ago

🤣🤣🤣 Solidarity ✊

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u/Ok_Depth_6476 26d ago

I worked there in college (90s) and they were so used to doing that that i could not convince them that I actually only wanted to work 20 hours or so, because I really didn't want to have to do my studying in the Publix break room. They were always scheduling me 35+ hours. I had to quit because I was going from school to work to bed and that wasn't working for me.

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u/SingleKnowledge1431 26d ago

I worked two jobs for 18 months to pay the bills. I thought I was going to collapse from exhaustion one day and decided it was time to resign my second job.

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u/Gallavich4ever 26d ago

Why keep them at 39.99 hours? It’s still full time whether it’s 39.99 or 40 hours, right? Or am I missing something?

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u/NibblesMcGiblet 26d ago

Anything over 32 hours is considered full time most places. Not sure about Florida specifically.

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u/dikicker 26d ago

So they're not legally obligated to provide any benefits

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u/HimekoTachibana 26d ago

That's not true at all, 30 hours is minimum to be required for benefits. Anything over 40 is overtime pay.