Ikea cashier reveals insider tip and explains about legendary yellow bags

Created: 01/14/2023, 11:55 am

By: Armin T. Linder

An Ikea cashier recently unpacked - she doesn't mince words about obvious topics such as earnings, but also about more obscure questions.

Munich - Saturday is Ikea time!

This not only applies to the customers who traditionally storm the branches of the Swedish furniture giant at the beginning of the weekend.

But apparently also on Reddit.

On Friday evening (January 13), an Ikea cashier asked her to ask her questions and eagerly answered them well into Saturday.

Most actions with the title "AMA" ("Ask me anything") take place anonymously and unverified on Reddit - in this respect it is neither confirmed that the lady really works at Ikea nor that anything about her statements is correct.

However, these sound perfectly plausible.

In this respect, the authenticity can be assumed here, as in the question and answer session with an Edeka insider, a hardware store employee, a mystery shopper or a public transport inspector from Bavaria.

Ikea: Alleged cashier unpacks anonymously on Reddit

She has been working at Ikea "for a few years as a part-time employee" at the checkout, says the user.

And of course she is promptly asked about the working conditions and earnings.

“Ikea is really great as an employer.

I can only recommend it, especially for students,” she praises, emphasizing the merit, food on site, bonuses, employee discounts and little things.

In a mini-job at the checkout you earn “the minimum wage, i.e. around €12.

If you've been working there for a little longer (like 4/5 years?), it can increase to around €15.

In the food, i.e. restaurant/bistro/Schwedenshop, you even get around €15 as an hourly entry-level wage (because it is apparently more strenuous there, according to the employees)."

For some, the self-service checkout is also an issue.

A user wonders why it hits her every time she is randomly checked.

"They actually happen randomly," says the Ikea insider.

Which also explains what it looks like in terms of claws.

“Most 'thieves' don't actually do it consciously.

Then a plant is forgotten in the pot, the lid of the box is forgotten, the shoehorn or something else small.

Of course, deliberate stealing also happens and, depending on the number and/or amount, will be punished with a fine or other warnings.

You can always tell the difference between accidental and intentional stealing.”

Ikea: Question about the legendary yellow bags is asked on Reddit

Even more obscure topics are discussed in the Ikea "AMA".

Of course, several questions revolve around the legendary IKEA hot dogs.

One is more surprising: "How do you get the yellow bags?" someone wants to know.

The sturdy blue giant bags can be found in many households and are known to be available in the branches.

But the fabled yellow ones?

Are actually only for internal use.

"Never," the alleged employee clarifies in response to the above question.

"They are not for sale.

We only sell the blue ones!

(or you forget to turn them in and you won't be stopped. If you see someone outside with a yellow Ikea bag, hmu)." Where the abbreviation "hmu" is internet slang for "let me know".

An Ikea customer promptly gets behind it and proudly states with her yellow bags: "I have two at home.

Cupboard taken from the treasure trove and placed on top of two of the pockets - for padding or something.

But it's been a long time."

An Ikea employee and one of the ominous yellow bags (symbol photos).

© Jürgen Heinrich/Imago/Twitter

Ikea insider tip: Walk through the tills for targeted shopping

A real Ikea insider tip also jumps out.

A customer would like to know what the "shortcut" looks like and whether it is frowned upon or "do you not like it so much if you don't enter the store through the entrance but vice versa through the cash register?

I always try to slip my way through as inconspicuously as possible.” The answer: “No, we're not interested in that.

Walk through.” Her insider tip: “My local store even has a passage at the last checkout for customers to go out (unless they want to buy anything) or for customers to go in.”

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Whether this applies to all Ikea branches and whether the passage is an official one or whether the company is reluctant to use it is of course not known.

But if you don't want to fight your way through the whole store, including the notorious tea light department, to make a targeted purchase of a few items, you can apparently go through the tills without any problems.

Attention, Ikea customers: The furniture giant recently started a recall.