Declining Retailer - Management IKEA Employee Review

2.0
Jun 15, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

- Benefits - Management Salary - Work/Life Balance

Cons

- New global leadership wants to transform the company to something better but lost focus on the important IKEA concept and proven success recipe. - An unsuccessful U.S. reorganization (OfG) as well as cuts in Marketing and Staff costs (to pay for the "transition") resulted in a loss of visitors in running units as well as major moral issues. A recent coworker survey uncovered that a whooping 42% of all U.S. coworkers are planning to leave IKEA. - Mismanagement results show: declining sales, declining profits, declining moral, market share loss.

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Pros

• Structured, delivery focused work • Data driven decision making • Independent ownership • Impact on team efficiency & customer xp

Cons

• Balancing customer facing expectations with project deadlines • Scope creep with cross team processes and reporting • Managers often leaned on me for more than my formal responsibilities, which led to overextension

4.0
Jun 1, 2026
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Pros

I have a very empathetic and flexible manager. Although I do meet the requirement to be in office three days a week many others do not and don’t seem to suffer for it. My work can be challenging at times, but due to the slow pace of most things here I rarely feel overwhelmed.

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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