Affordable meals, but bureaucracy complicates everything - Anonymous employee IKEA Employee Review

2.0
26 May 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

IKEA subsidized meals so that they were affordable

Cons

The level of bureaucracy is insane. Makes things harder than they needed to be.

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Cons

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Pros

Paid time off Health care

Cons

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