IKEA is chronically understaffed - Cashier IKEA Employee Review

2.0
5 Jan 2024
Recommend
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Pros

-decent benefits -paid time off -most of the coworkers are nice to work with

Cons

-horrible staffing issues. They only have 1 cashier at a time to try and force customers to use self-checkout. -the owner and head of HR blamed people taking "unnecessary sick days" as the reason we are short-staffed. They recommended shaming coworkers who take sick days. -people in charge are ableist and will do anything to avoid granting reasonable accommodations -you often have to go 3+ hours without a break because the leads "forgot" or they can't keep track of everybody -shifts/hours fluctuate drastically. Close one day, open the next. Went from getting 34 hours a week to 20 hours a week. They just hired new coworkers instead of giving existing coworkers more hours. -some leads play favorites and will bully those they don't like -policies constantly change, but they don't always keep coworkers in the loop about new job responsibilities -way too much work considering how low the pay is

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Recommend
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Pros

Good work environment Pay is good Job keeps you busy

Cons

Lack of communication with leadership and coworkers. Leadership seems to have favorites Schedule takes too long to make Seems that there's people who would like the be full time or part time that are temporary right now aren't getting the positions. Feels like nepotism but maybe I'm wrong. Getting responses like you didn't get the job because you didn't answer your interview questions right just seems unnecessary The amount of drama happening is getting out of hand and leadership doesn't seem to care

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