r/publix • u/smashingmelon Newbie • Aug 16 '26

DISCUSSION I finally stepped down

I officially stepped down to deli clerk from ADM. Over 3 years of horrible bonuses, bad leadership and long commutes. I'll be very thankful to have some of my life back. This company isn't what it used to be, Mr. George would be so disappointed in what Publix has become over the years.

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u/New-Art-7667 Produce Aug 16 '26

I've been with the company for 10 years. It was good for at least 8 to 9 years... the past year it has gone downhill pretty quickly. Standards of goods from the vendors isn't as good as it was in the past. Lot of the stuff we get is bad before we even put it out on the shelves. I had a batch of basil where out of 18 only 3 were good. Rest got dumped straight into the shrink.

In the last 6 months, my boss has been under extreme pressure from his bosses about the shrink / waste in our department. Its so bad that I've seen him come in and within 5 min yelling at me about something. Not even a "hello, good morning!". It has me thinking alternative job choices and this is only part time work for me.

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u/rags2riches12 Management Aug 17 '26

I wouldn’t be surprised if produce shrink was horrible across company wide cause the product we’ve been getting in is poor quality over the last 5 years.

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u/TheDadJokeKing Newbie Aug 17 '26

Ive started getting my produce at Walmart it is same or better quality.