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NBachers

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1. I work in the plumbing dept. of a San Francisco hardware store. I dread seeing Ikea fixtures come in

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2019, 10:47 PM

Jan 2019

When they stop working, people bring them in, expecting that I'll give them some replacement for a defective part. Unfortunately, these replacement parts don't exist, or if they do, they're difficult to find. Contacting Ikea is useless or impossible.

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Some American Ikea employees are getting slapped with pay cuts -- and they worry it'll spark a exodus [View all] RandySF Jan 2019 OP

I work in the plumbing dept. of a San Francisco hardware store. I dread seeing Ikea fixtures come in NBachers Jan 2019 #1

I worked in hardware for Home Depot for a couple years. 912gdm Jan 2019 #5

I hate their "furniture". RandySF Jan 2019 #7

They don't pay well already Leith Jan 2019 #2

"a promotion would come with a pay cut" #SuckerNation TeamPooka Jan 2019 #3

Yes, but the good news is you do get to work more hours. Flaleftist Jan 2019 #4

Basically, Ikea cut a lot of middle management salary positions KentuckyWoman Jan 2019 #6

what is Lars Petersson's compensation? Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #8

I hated IKEA AwakeAtLast Jan 2019 #9