Your prayers have been answered. Today, a fully functional virtual IKEA (yes, the Swedish flat-pack furniture store) opened on Roblox, and 10 people were offered the chance to work in it. In case you were wondering, the jobs received “more than 178,000” applications.
If you didn’t know, first of all, I’m sorry. Second, we reported on IKEA’s original job posting for this Roblox store earlier this month. The job posting is simple. If you’re over 18, live in the UK and Ireland, and like the idea of getting paid the same as a real IKEA employee in London, you can apply to help people choose furniture and/or serve meatballs on Roblox.
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Now, the search for participants for the “Coworker Game” has ended, and 10 lucky applicants will start the game today (June 24) to begin the “[immersing themselves] In the world of work at IKEA”.
IKEA says they received “over 178,000 applications” during the two-week application period, which is definitely a lot for those ten jobs. But hold on for a second. At iGamesNews, we like to put big numbers in context. So even if we assume, as I did, that at least a tenth of the total number of applicants were people who applied as a joke—perhaps at the instigation of a friend—that’s only about 17,800 people. Subtract that number from the 178,000 applications we know IKEA received, and you’re still left with 160,200 applications from people who actually wanted to serve virtual meatballs.
I don’t know what to conclude from this, other than the UK job market may be even worse than I thought. Anyway, hopefully these ten people get a decent job offer.
“I’m looking forward to the opportunity to try something new, something I haven’t done before, and hopefully there will be more opportunities like this in the future,” said Yasmin, one of IKEA’s new Roblox employees. “I know it’s going to be fun, and I still can’t believe I was chosen.”
If you want to browse a virtual IKEA in Roblox tonight, you can check out the coworker game here It looks like IKEA will give away a headpiece inspired by its adorable shark Blahaj if it reaches 7,000 likes, which is pretty cool.
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