Systemic mis-management - Business Navigation and Operations Manager IKEA Employee Review

2.0
Aug 24, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great opportunities, no qualifications or experience required, buddy up with the right people and lick enough shoes and you'll make it. Spent 6 years in various managerial positions all over Australia, China, Japan and South Korea.

Cons

Low maturity, unfocused, trying to deliver with all KPIs. Silo approach with difficulties on trying new things and making key timely decisions. Extremely reactive. Overworked with no work-life balance approach, however this is preached otherwise. Strong focus on delivering the bottom line in terms of increasing productivity, tightening contract mixes, adversely lowering headcount and more strain on remaining staff with high rates of turnover. Not strategically focused on increasing market share or commercial performance. Majority of business plans, and core business focuses are just copy and pastes of the UK. Likes to think they are customer focused. Lacking a lot of talent and proper development plans for co-workers to succeed in roles.

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
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Pros

Side rights Putting human factor first Company Vision and Misson

Cons

Hard to position changes Managers tend to stay in same position years and years so if they are not nice you have to work w them

3.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good work environment Pay is good Job keeps you busy

Cons

Lack of communication with leadership and coworkers. Leadership seems to have favorites Schedule takes too long to make Seems that there's people who would like the be full time or part time that are temporary right now aren't getting the positions. Feels like nepotism but maybe I'm wrong. Getting responses like you didn't get the job because you didn't answer your interview questions right just seems unnecessary The amount of drama happening is getting out of hand and leadership doesn't seem to care

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