IKEA reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(9,134 total reviews)
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Juvencio Maeztu

64% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

IKEA has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 9,134 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The IKEA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.4 stars).

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9K reviews
3.0
Sep 17, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Strong humanistic values, good opportunities to develop within different units in different countries. Friendly, relaxed environment encouraging diversity and where you can be yourself. Possible to change field within the same company, if capability and motivation are high.

Cons

Not highly paid compared to other companies for similar positions. Not enough training opportunities. Law compensation & benefits package for partners of Ikea expats, while living abroad.

1.0
May 16, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I enjoyed the company of most of the people I worked with. A lot of foreigners and local celebrities shopped at the store. I was exposed to people I would not have met otherwise.

Cons

Management was incompetent at best. From the outside looking in, it felt as if the people in charge had no idea what they were doing. Since the store was extremely profitable, any management problems were swept under the rug. Internal problems be damned, IKEA's too popular to fail. Promotions were purely political. Unless you were apart of the "club", you weren't promoted. People that couldn't lead their way out of a paper bag were put in positions of leadership and power. There's a petty rivalry between those that worked on the second floor and those that worked on the first floor. The employees that worked inside had no respect for the employees that worked outside. There was no official training for my job. I learned how to do everything through trial and error. Very high volume of customers on weekends and holidays.

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