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?

65% 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 (686) , Cashier (418) , Sales Co-Worker (412) , Customer Service Representative (383) , Customer Service (317) , Sales (264) , Visual Merchandiser (234) , Interior Designer (224) , Sales Coworker (220) , Sales Assistant (207) , Manager (185) , Vendeur (168) , Warehouse Worker (167) , Team Leader (165) , Goods Flow Co-worker (125)

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 1482 reviews)); "Think it's good pay for entry level and you can often better autonomy and responsibilities than similar companies" ((in 810 reviews)); "Great people and diversity" ((in 686 reviews)); "The culture is great and if you are all about corporate you can advance up as positions open." ((in 630 reviews)); "Coworkers were great I got to know almost everyone in that store and built so many friendships" ((in 413 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 855 reviews)); "Low salary if you want to live freely without having to think of how much you spend" ((in 419 reviews)); "Bad managers that don't know how to talk to people and guide them to improve working condition." ((in 376 reviews)); "Long hours and during the weekend its always busy sometimes the co workers are really annoying and they dont want to Work" ((in 195 reviews)); "No training for the job role you're expected to do 6." ((in 111 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.

What are the top reviewed IKEA locations?

Ciudad de México , Guadalajara , Puebla , Zapopan

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3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(13,400 total reviews)

Juvencio Maeztu

76% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

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IKEA has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 13,400 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

Oct 20, 2017

Sketchy

Warehouse supervisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits,vacation/sick time, fellow co-workers, 4 day work week, dental, vision, short- term and long term disability, spouse ad&d insurance, insurance for pets

Cons

Management is rude, upper management doesn’t know what’s going on, it’s a toxic waste land, Human Resources does not administer policies consistently, the running joke is it all depends on the head hr lady’s mood that day on whether or not you get written up or not, management group from what I can see isn’t treated as well as hourly co-workers, hourly go-workers get lots of extra incentives while management just gets pushed harder

1.0

Nov 9, 2015

Department Manager

Recovery manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits when you consider the price.

Cons

When IKEA hires management externally, they do not provide adequate training on the "IKEA" way. If you send a manager to train in a position who is brand new to the company, they are learning how to run the equipment, not how to be an IKEA manager. If the person has any retail management experience at all, they assume that you can handle all of IKEA's nonsense, like having to share a stapler and not actually being a manager.

2.0

Oct 23, 2014

Management is a good ol' boys club

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Decent Medical / Dental / Life I used to think there were a lot more when I started 3 years ago, crazy how i can only think of this one now.

Cons

The IKEA Values are just corporate rhetoric, used on official documents to tell you how to do your job better but nobody actually lives by them, at least not at this location. Management says they care about employee issues but actions speak otherwise The location GM and Service Office are spoon fed lies, inaccurate statistics and nobody does anything about it when it is brought to their attention. Nobody wants to hear that truth. Way behind on technology hardware/applications - painfully so Worse scheduling I have ever experienced in a corporation of this magnitude. Expect to have no evenings and weekends to yourself.

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