Mixed up mess - Anonymous employee IKEA Employee Review

Reorganization this past year was done poorly. Many coworkers and previous managers that have been with the company for many years got demoted and large paycuts. Newer mangers and coworkers were promoted through this reorg. Not because they were best fit, though they could have been, but because they were cheaper. There is now more hourly (cheaper) middle management in some departments then before and less salary management. More separation between the different color shirts (yellow vs blue shirts). Some jobs are now only part of new Hubs which are only open Monday-Friday. Certain departments have been severely demoralized such as the design department in the store. They went from a creative team that did a lot of planning and creating interesting local solutions to a team that isn’t allowed to think on their own. It’s a mess. The coworkers are working their butts of trying to make it work but the pervasive anger and disappointment coming off of those that were snubbed in the process has been even more toxic then the poorly managed change.