Originally Posted by
Will Fly Småland
Part of the IKEA culture seems to be a rather anti-academic stance. "Räknenissar", "Counting Gnomes", Ingvar Kamprad (IKEA founder) calls the economists that want to tell him how to run his business. He himself has only a two-year business program in high school to fall back on.
Yep, IKEA puts close to zero value on a degree. While Target in the US will not hire anyone or promote them to Store Manager level without a degree, at IKEA it is almost a burden! They are very selective on their tuition reimbursement program. They prefer their own training courses. They have gotten top rankings from US training organizations, but I think that was based on number of classes and hours of attendence and not the real value of the course. EVERY IKEA class includes a group of people making a collage. Yes, pictures with paste, not a degree!