IKEA_宜家家居股份有限公司

The image of a foreign company

When unlawfully dismissing employees (you can look up the judgment if the company loses the court case), the HR manager will say: “Filling out a resignation application is a necessary part of the resignation procedure, even if your departure today is involuntary...”

Work

Work

None

They only asked how to install the video conferencing software and said they would provide a portfolio. Then the other party simply replied that after communication, they were rejecting your interview. However, there was never a phone conversation or any video call; it was only because you missed one of their calls.

Well-known company with the prestige of a foreign firm.

Low salary, a responsibility-based system, and frequent overtime.

The main advantage is probably that, for students working part-time, it is a job with fairly good pay. It is a good fit for people who do not mind a heavy workload.

1. Anyone who has worked at IKEA knows that the company provides employees with an anonymous grievance channel. The purpose is to use internal employees’ grievances to help the company improve. However, a manager in a certain department at one branch not only tried every possible way to identify people who filed complaints, but even threatened employees, saying that if they wanted to return to work in the future after resigning, she would definitely reject them. The original good intention behind anonymous grievances became the best way for the manager to make trouble for employees…

2. During the interview, the Human Resources department said that all salary and benefits would comply with the Labor Standards Act. However, when there were concerns that a supervisor was violating the Labor Standards Act, filing a complaint through the designated channel was unsuccessful, and we were even asked not to casually mention the Labor Standards Act or the labor bureau… If everything was supposed to comply with the Labor Standards Act from the start, why, when there were concerns, were they not resolved, but instead we were told to keep quiet?? Was the original assurance that everything would comply with the law just hypocritical?

3. When an individual works overtime because of work-related issues, they are not paid overtime; overtime pay is provided only when all employees in the entire department work overtime.

4. Employees are required to handle work matters during their days off, but when they handle them during working hours, they are scolded for not helping on-site. When they ask for overtime pay, they are told that other full-time employees also have to handle work matters after getting off work. Hello, I remember I applied for a part-time position, and I have classes during the hours I am not working…

There will be some time to exchange questions with each other.

The salary for sales staff is stated as 23,000; other departments may offer a little more, but it may fall short of your "expectations." You can think for yourself: with this kind of salary, you still have labor and health insurance, lunch, and transportation expenses deducted every month. Although there will be minor salary adjustments each year, will your enthusiasm withstand the wear and tear?

The shifts alternate between morning and evening, and you may be assigned evening shifts continuously.

If you want to experience being humiliated and bullied, you can go there to hone your skills.

Everyone is calm

The job posting was a pretense

A company that is extremely disrespectful to people

After a lengthy interview process and waiting period (more than a month), they only admitted after I was hired that they had already found someone, and hoped I would work on a contract basis instead

1. The division of work is very clear (there are no instances of people shirking responsibility)

2. The environment is nice and clean

3. Employee meals are inexpensive

4. Work efficiency will improve by 2,000%

5. You will walk faster

6. You learn a lot of English used in the IKEA world

7. Your English improves (because all the paperwork is in English)

8. Sometimes there are interesting (?) classes available (it varies from person to person)

1. High-quality work is required in every aspect, but overtime pay is not provided under the responsibility system

2. Supervisors do not think the workload is too heavy; instead, they complain that everyone is inefficient

(Someone who has worked for a year saying they are unfamiliar with the work and inefficient is okay, but someone who has worked for three years is still inefficient? I’m speechless.)

4. Extremely low pay

5. After joining, you will become a fast, good, and inexpensive employee

(Is this supposed to be a pro?)

6. If you do poorly, you get scolded; if you do well, they find something else to criticize. There is always (every day) a new problem

You can tell that the work environment is good; otherwise, I wouldn’t have submitted my résumé and come for an interview.

I originally applied for Position A, but from the moment HR received me, I started having a bad feeling. While I was filling out the forms, I heard the interviewing manager and HR murmuring, “OK, let’s interview first.” Around the middle to latter part of the interview, they began asking whether I could accept the duties of Position B. At first, I didn’t think much of it. After the interview ended, I continued filling out the forms, and the manager started murmuring with HR again. After HR collected the forms, they quietly came over and said that Position A was already fully staffed, asking whether I wanted to accept Position B instead (?!).

Please, be reasonable. It had only been two days since you notified me to come in. You’d better not tell me you didn’t know in advance that the position was already fully staffed. Couldn’t you have informed the job applicant earlier? Or are the positions posted online merely a guise to help fill positions that are more difficult to recruit for?

In short, it felt terrible—very much like I had been deceived. I would rather have been politely rejected on the grounds that I might not be suitable or something. There was no need to interview me, tell me everything was arranged, and even discuss when I could start, only to change the story at the end.

I don’t know whether the other branches are like this as well. In any case, I’ll still be a customer of this company in the future, but as for becoming an employee or helping the company recruit people to work here—no thanks. Thank you.

The pay is low. Even after being promoted to a full-time position, it is still about the same as part-time pay, while there is a huge amount of work. The company also does not seem interested in developing you. The company’s training courses merely involve casually inviting a relatively senior manager to come tell stories for an hour. It does not feel much like a class; it feels more like brainwashing.

They tell you that every colleague is very positive and that you should be very positive too, so the performance targets can definitely be reached. Then, if you fail to meet them, they first chew you out so thoroughly that even your own mother would not recognize you. Next, they have you do more meaningless tasks, and then start brainwashing you by saying, “After making these improvements, we will succeed next month!” Then they return to the third line of this section and repeat the cycle endlessly.

As mentioned above, everyone is supposed to be very positive, so people do not really swear at one another. They place more emphasis on communication and sarcasm. You will not encounter someone openly cursing you out face-to-face, because the company protects certain people’s fragile egos. But I have no idea how much they may mock you behind your back.

As for communication, it really is just communication. A supervisor casually says a couple of words to placate or fob you off, and the situation still does not improve.

Actually, despite everything I have said, it is still much better than some workplaces with bosses who are complete jerks. There are bonuses for the three major holidays and travel allowances.

It is very suitable for part-timers—smooch. But after staying there for a long time, you will discover that the employees they need are robots.

When you have a chance at a promotion, they continuously brainwash you into becoming a caged bird—not only trapped in a cage, but with its wings broken off as well.