IKEA reviews

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.

Where do I begin? Very long hours, no support, expectation to give up any semblance of your own life, with a promise of progression that never comes. Even if you have proof of your hard work and accomplishments, it accounts for absolutely nothing. They claim that culturally they welcome different ideas - but not true, you conform or life becomes difficult for you. If you injure yourself on the job, they see you as a liability - if you were once seen as an up and coming talent, once you injure yourself or admit you can't cope with the volume and pressure of the work, you're no longer valued as an employee. Conform and don't complain. Steering. Totally incompetent and intimidating to those below them. Talk in circles, extremely bureaucratic behaviour, incite drama and arguments between departments, intimidate and bully coworkers from departments other than their own. I even witnessed steering managers taking credit for work that other people did. Then the apple doesn't fall far from the tree in Middle Management. Some of the managers tend to be sociopaths, business psychopaths - again, bully and intimidate, try to hide their incompetency. If you have thin skin, don't apply for a job at IKEA because there are mean characters everywhere, waiting to tear strips off you.