Overrated and transactional - Anonymous employee Ikano Group Employee Review

3.0
Jun 6, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- When you first begin, they do provide adequate time for onboarding and learning. - Staff meal is heavily discounted and there is plain bread and fruits provided for breakfast. - Staff discount is stackable with store discounts. - Healthy work life balance. (but this is role dependent. Some depts work non-stop.)

Cons

- Cold and micromanaging environment. Doesn’t matter who you report to, the ppl are constantly looking at you and eavesdropping. Everyone refuses to teach and documents are scattered or non-existent. - They are not doing well financially so retrenchment happens all the time (every month). Perm roles or contract roles are all at risk. Everyone is more preoccupied in making another look bad than doing their actual job. - Be prepared for those benefits like flexi reporting time and no dress code to be not true after you start the role. There IS a reporting time and that’s the time in which the mgmt team is in the office. 9am-6pm.

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4.0
Apr 10, 2026
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Pros

Good team energy, team managers will look out for you, co-workers look out for each other and are always ready to help if you are unsure of how to do certain tasks. Basically your whole team is on your side, they are also understanding if you make mistakes and will back you up when you inevitably meet a disgruntled customer. Which is extremely valuable if you work in a customer service role in SG.

Cons

Working environment of certain roles, mainly customer abuse. If you work in the EB section and the Exchange & Returns counter, be prepared to deal with some of the worst human beings ever. People who refuse to see logic and accept the policy is the policy. Ever got one time a customer threatened me (part time worker) with legal action because he tried to return half of a product and expected a full refund for the full item nonetheless. But honestly, your team will back you up in spite of nonsense from customers, have full faith in your team and trust them.

1.0
Apr 24, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A lot of benefits such as employee discounts and yearly increments to salary eventhough you are not qualified for the role by merit but by years of service.

Cons

Stagnation: You are on autopilot everyday, bored and will not learned anything new, trust me. No Mentorship: You are the most knowledgeable person in the room with no one to learn from eventhough everyone else has worked longer than you. No career growth: The internal culture here tends to prioritise those who mirror current management approaches so you will most likely not be promoted. Limited Future: The company’s path is stagnant, or projects are stale and repetitive

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