Workers in IKEA can claim the benefit regardless of how many children they have, but it must be used within the first 6 months of the child’s birth. According to IKEA’s HR department, the benefit was to promote gender equality and enable fathers to take on more active roles at home, which it says is part of “Swedish values”.
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S’PORE RANKED WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE CITY, LOSING OUR COMPETITIVE EDGE?
Being the world's most expensive city might cause Singapore to lose its competitive edge as companies, feeling the pinch from higher costs, choose to relocate to nearby regional centers such as Malaysia.
Read More »BODOH MERCEDES DRIVER LEAVES DOG IN CAR WHILE SHOPPING @ IKEA
An irresponsible pet owner was caught leaving his pet dog in the car while going off to shop in IKEA yesterday morning.
Read More »IKEA CHICKEN WINGS WILL RETURN, JUST DON’T KNOW WHEN
IKEA Singapore has said that the popular chicken wings will return back on its menu, but only when a suitable supplier is found. They stopped short of announcing when the popular item will return back to their menu, but they did say they were still in the process of looking for an alternative supplier. This cam after their previous supplier form Malaysia had to slaughter chickens when they are much younger due to an upsurge in global demands. This means that the chicken wings were smaller than what IKEA customers had been enjoying
Read More »OH NO, IKEA TO STOP SELLING CHICKEN WINGS FROM 23 MAY!
IKEA will stop selling its chicken wings from next week onwards. The Swedish brand has decided to review its food quality after many disgruntled customers complained about the drop in its food standards, specifically its chicken wings. It is uncertain as to when they will start selling them again. "We are aware that our chicken wings have not been meeting our customers' satisfaction recently, so we have decided to stop selling them temporarily from 23 May so we can improve on it. Together with our supplier, we are committed to providing quality food products for everyone. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your continued support. We hope you're looking forward to the relaunch as much as we are."
Read More »INJURY ALERT! ANOTHER IKEA ITEM RECALLED
Another day, another item from IKEA getting recalled, due to danger of the item causing serious injury. IKEA had indicated that they had received some complaints on the lounge chair named as MYSINGSÖ, indicating that the chair will topple and break easily if not fixed properly. While we look for bargains for furniture, must always remember that sometimes cheap items does not come with guarantee that they will last that long before breaking apart.
Read More »UNTRAINED STAFF, POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AT IKEA
This is a complain regarding on the service provided by IKEA. IKEA never accomplish what it promises to its customer. Hence, disappoints me and my family. We ordered a closets with 200cm in length. However, during the installation, two of it wood are cracked which leads to only half of the closet are fix and the other half needed to reschedule.
Read More »IKEA GLASS EXPLODE WITHOUT REASON – WHY DIDN’T IKEA WARN BUYERS ABT PRODUCT?
We bought half a dozen of your glass cups earlier in the year. On Saturday (1 Oct 2016) morning, we found that overnight, one of the cups that we used and left on our drying rack literally exploded with glass shards found all over the kitchen area.
Read More »GLASS TOP OF MY TABLE EXPLODED, I ASKED IKEA WHY BUT THEIR REPLY WAS RIDICULOUS
So my family bought a GRANÅS Table from IKEA half a year ago... Two weeks ago, the glass top exploded on its own. Out of concern, I sent an email to IKEA Singapore (note: I was not seeking any form of compensation or refund for the table), hoping that they would look into this matter. The table was lightly used and served more as a deco in our house. First email response from IKEA was ridiculous and the subsequent ones... Let's just say they decided to add a bit more PR skills into it? In short, the final email from IKEA, IKEA claims that “it is not common for tempered glass to shatter, but fragility lies in the nature of all glass materials. Glass is generally fragile in material and depending on the purpose it is designed for, it must always be handled with care.”
Read More »DR CHEE MOCKED BY PAP FANPAGE AFTER VISIT TO IKEA DURING WORKING HOURS
See this PAP supporter page. Their behaviour is disgusting and symptomatic of the gutter politics in Singapore. Not sure if they are stalking Dr Chee Soon Juan and his family but they snapped his photo when he visited IKEA Tampines with his wife. Why stoop to such low levels to discredit our Opposition politicians? Is there no better way to debate and forward our politics? Only because Dr Chee go to IKEA during office hours, PAP fans take a dig at him, mocking him for being jobless?
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