Good opportunities for growth if you drive it - Anonymous employee IKEA Employee Review

5.0
27 Jun 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

IKEA offers great benefits and work/ life balance. There's a culture here that you have to like: store managers will pitch in to stock shelves and everyone is on a first name basis. They promote from within. The unique business structure means IKEA sources its product with safety and sustainability in mind and it's easy to feel proud of what IKEA is accomplishing. A lot of companies have business ideas or visions, but IKEA really believes in theirs. It's not just a recruiting slogan.

Cons

If you like prestige, need top vs average pay, and need accolades to keep you happy then that's fine but don't work here. It's a retail environment--some days can be long and tough especially in management and customers can be abusive customers. Values like humbleness and personal accountability rule here and does not fit the typical US frame.

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Cons

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Pros

I have a very empathetic and flexible manager. Although I do meet the requirement to be in office three days a week many others do not and don’t seem to suffer for it. My work can be challenging at times, but due to the slow pace of most things here I rarely feel overwhelmed.

Cons

This is, without equivocation, the most sclerotic organization I have ever been a part of. The management structure and reporting lines are inscrutable and even after 3 years I barely understand how my team fits into the larger picture. My job is a data role, and although getting access to data has improved somewhat, it is still one of my biggest blockers.

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