At IKEA Canada, taking care of employees begins with their first day on the job. In the latest edition of our Hardlines HR Advisor, we learn that employee care is as important as taking care of customers.
According to Wanda Arnott, human resources manager at IKEA, new hires get shadowed from the start. “The first day, co-workers are assigned a buddy, and the buddy is with them for at least the first five shifts, which gives them a very detailed learning journey for the first three months about what they need to understand, to learn.”
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