IKEA reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(13,403 total reviews)
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Juvencio Maeztu

76% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

IKEA has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 13,403 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 Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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13K reviews
3.0
Feb 4, 2023

Busy

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good experience and good pay but you really do work for it

Cons

They seem to prefer hiring new staff instead of giving existing staff bigger contracts

1.0
Feb 11, 2021

Ikea Workplace

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Slightly above average pay than other jobs of similar status -The odd free meal for lunch -Some friends for life -Great Christmas/ Summer parties

Cons

-Short staff -Overworked -Forced to act in certain ways, ( company propaganda type stuff such as mandatory trainings on what way to act in the best interests of the company etc etc) -Plenty of gossip -Managers walking around/ talking all day in big groups laughing while regular workers slave away -No appreciation or respect of privacy outside work with random phone calls asking to do extra hours and or shifts -No consulting with on the ground Co workers on big work changes -Be prepared to be treated like an incompetent child upon making mistakes regardless of age whether 25 or 45 HR/Responsible type managers come down hard -Work place politics -Taking advantage of students with horrific hours (10:30pm every Friday) and overall no common respect for peoples own lives outside work

1.0
Dec 10, 2020

Bad

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You can get away with things if your family works there or you are in any kind of relationship with somebody on higher position, as well if you are irish

Cons

No respect, bullying, useless management

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