Coworkers working less than20 hours still are eligible for medical and dental insurance. Other benefits include: vacation, paid maternity/paternity leave and paid timeoff for child adoption, tuition assistance, 401(k) match, professionaldevelopment, training and mentoring programs and, of course, a discount on IKEApurchases. The organization puts career opportunity into the hands of theindividual, encouraging coworkers to consider assignments within differentfunctions, at other IKEA stores or even in other countries. IKEA prides itselfon the fact that an opportunity to work at IKEA truly can evolve into a career,and also can serve as a gateway to global experience as well. Under construction on 29 acres along Adamo Drive at 22nd Street and theCrosstown Expressway, the 353,000 square-foot IKEA Tampa will feature nearly10,000 exclusively designed items, three model homes, 50 room settings, asupervised childrens play area, a 350-seat restaurant serving Swedishspecialties such as meatballs with lingonberries and salmon plates, as well asAmerican dishes. 
Other family-friendly features will include a Childrens IKEAarea in the showroom, baby care rooms, preferred parking and play areasthroughout the store. Also, IKEA will generate significant tax revenue for stateand local governments. When IKEA Tampa opens in Summer 2009, the new store willwelcome 400 coworkers to the IKEA family of more than 11,000 coworkers in theUnited States and 130,000 globally. IKEA believes home is the most important place in the world and, since its 1943founding in Sweden, has offered a wide range of home furnishings and accessoriesof good design and function, at low prices so the majority of the people canafford them. As part of this commitment to create a better everyday life for themany people, IKEA incorporates environmentally and socially responsible effortsinto day-to-day business, strives to be an employer of choice, and continuallysupports initiatives that benefit causes such as children and the environment.The unique and family-friendly IKEA shopping experience currently can be foundat more than 290 IKEA stores in 36 countries, including 35 in the U.S., whereother new stores are being planned in: Centennial, CO; Charlotte, NC; andSomerville, MA. To visit the IKEA Web site or for information about working atIKEA, please go to http:// for IKEAJoseph Roth, U.S. Public Affairs(610) 834-0180, x.6500 Copyright Business Wire 2009.

As a long time Braves fan, I am always fascinated about how well Braves management handles their players and make great signings and turn players career's around.However, since Mr. Frank Wren took over as the Braves GM, he has been one of the most active executives and has received an earful of complaints from his players and the Braves' fans.I think Wren is doing the best he can, but his best is usually not good enough in the eyes of the fans. But I also think that he is a little bit lucky.I think he has done a great job so far, but he always makes himself look really bad. Look how he handled the situation of Tom Glavine, John Smoltz, Rafeal Furcal, Jake Peavy, etc. I think those decisions were tough decisions and took guts to do, but he does not have to be so blunt all the timeLook at the Derek Lowe situation. Wren is treating him like he has already been traded (well, based on Lowe's comments) and he hardly responded to anything Lowe said.From what I have seen so far, Wren is working on getting Lowe traded for another bat, but is having a hard time doing so.