Toxic culture - Inbound Coworker IKEA Employee Review

1.0
Jan 13, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits and pay are definitely great. Sometimes you meet some cool people.

Cons

This store specifically has an extremely toxic upper management culture. Advancement is based on who you know or how pretty you are. Not your performance or data driven statistics. Managers don’t know how to use their own provided systems and the stores receiving procedures are laughable at best. Just don’t.

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5.0
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Pros

Great managers and coworkers-felt like family.

Cons

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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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