If everyone in your department pulls their own weight, it is an okay place to work. - Sales Associate IKEA Employee Review

3.0
May 22, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Extremely cheap medical/dental, long-term employees really know their stuff, starts higher than minimum wage, flexible with personal life, drug-free workplace, cheap employee lunch,

Cons

Hit or miss with Team Leads/Management knowing how to manage (correct "ethics"), raises really blow (nearly impossible to get high scores on evals no matter what you do), extremely political progression, jobs highly separated by race (cashiers/returns all Black, housekeeping/restaurant all Hispanic, sales mostly Asian), Communication/Interior design department think they run the store and other management for some reason.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Good work environment Pay is good Job keeps you busy

Cons

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