Job is good but salary low - Business Analyst IKEA Employee Review

4.0
2 Aug 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Good community and team spirit. Good, manageable workload for the role. Variety, not always doing the same thing day in day out. Flexibility to allow hybrid working. Hiring from within the company, giving a chance to those without experience or qualifications to kick start their careers.

Cons

Salary is poor for a specialised job and not competitive. Not flexible to requests of set shifts to help with work life balance. If you don't have a child your request generally won't get approved. I never got to see my family because I HAD to work on a set shift rotation to meet business needs and there was no genuine concern for my mental well-being, I am lower priority due to no children which is wrong. Takes a while to progress, unless you are bragging about yourself to be seen and heard then you get missed, no matter how much you help, work hard or go above and beyond. You're hard work just becomes an expectation so you get no recognition or development from working hard quietly (terrible for introverts who don't like to shout successes)

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5.0
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Pros

Good place to work in

Cons

Sometimes on call and weekends and nights work

4.0
1 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I have a very empathetic and flexible manager. Although I do meet the requirement to be in office three days a week many others do not and don’t seem to suffer for it. My work can be challenging at times, but due to the slow pace of most things here I rarely feel overwhelmed.

Cons

This is, without equivocation, the most sclerotic organization I have ever been a part of. The management structure and reporting lines are inscrutable and even after 3 years I barely understand how my team fits into the larger picture. My job is a data role, and although getting access to data has improved somewhat, it is still one of my biggest blockers.

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