Does IKEA pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, IKEA employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at IKEA. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at IKEA?

66% of IKEA employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated IKEA 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at IKEA?

Sales Associate (682) , Cashier (416) , Sales Co-Worker (408) , Customer Service Representative (383) , Customer Service (315) , Sales (264) , Visual Merchandiser (233) , Interior Designer (224) , Sales Coworker (219) , Sales Assistant (207) , Manager (185) , Vendeur (167) , Warehouse Worker (167) , Team Leader (165) , Goods Flow Co-worker (124)

What are the pros of working at IKEA according to real employee reviews?

"The Benefits are great and you can change job positions within your first day being employed" ((in 1478 reviews)); "The pay is good for the type of job it is and there are benefits for part" ((in 814 reviews)); "Great people and diversity" ((in 685 reviews)); "The culture is great and if you are all about corporate you can advance up as positions open." ((in 622 reviews)); "Coworkers were great I got to know almost everyone in that store and built so many friendships" ((in 396 reviews))

What are the cons of working at IKEA according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and understaffed in the kitchen and bath department; well pretty much anywhere." ((in 845 reviews)); "Low salary if you want to live freely without having to think of how much you spend" ((in 410 reviews)); "Management in higher positions have power trips and a lot of managers do not like to see people succeed" ((in 377 reviews)); "No training for the job role you're expected to do 6." ((in 112 reviews)); "Bad leadership and demanding customers" ((in 96 reviews))

What are employees saying about IKEA layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about IKEA layoffs and their outlook for job security at IKEA in 2026.

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3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(13,358 total reviews)

Juvencio Maeztu

76% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Culture & values

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.3

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

IKEA has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 13,358 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 Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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13K reviews

2.0

Jun 15, 2019

Declining Retailer

Management

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

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.

1.0

Jan 16, 2019

IKEA LEEDS IS CORRUPT

Customer relations manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

not a single thing, don’t know why I’m still here

Cons

management are so corrupt, they don’t care about anyone but themselves and now LWO is coming they are all out for themselves even more

1.0

Aug 10, 2018

Driving itself into the dirt

Active selling coworker

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great co workers, generous time off, good benefits.

Cons

New “reorganization” made this store disorganized and employees disenfranchised. The company gave everyone new job titles and reassigned responsibilities because, let’s face it, how else can you make massive paycuts all at once? Didn’t work because now the sales are down, the store is in a shambles, and fewer and fewer customers are coming in. Why should they? Nine times out of ten the item they want is out of stock, and if it’s in stock and they try to set up,delivery it might never arrive. The place I was once proud to represent has become an embarrassment. The majority of my customer interactions involve me apologizing profusely for something that is completely out of my control.

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