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by JCB_K 5534 days ago
I remember my first day working at IKEA as a summer job. I was young, I didn't know anyone, I didn't know the culture. So I got my lunch, found an empty spot to sit, and was about to sit down. But I didn't sit down properly before someone came over from a busy table, asking me if I wanted to join them.

From then on I realized that the culture was that everybody always eats together there. That way I got to know loads of people, many of whom I otherwise never would've talked to because they'd work in an entirely different department. This is just 1 example of the awesome culture at IKEA.

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IKEA's U.S. factory workers might disagree: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ikea-union-20110410,0,...
Downvotes? Seriously? It's a simple statement of fact.