They have good intentions and try to provide a great place to work. - Anonymous employee IKEA Employee Review

2.0
15 Mar 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Benefits are outstanding and the people you work with directly are good natured. If your career started with IKEA you have potential for growth.

Cons

Leadership is so consensus driven it stalls progress. Ideas can be left for months without answers, follow-up or requests to have discussions around the topic. If you have not worked in an IKEA store with a number of years of service you have no opportunity for true growth, No matter how many years in retail and at what level of responsibility you bring to the company.

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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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