So maybe you work at Ikea. We don’t judge you. But with the help of Roblox, 10 employees of the company get to work without having to commute or even handle a single actual meatball. Yes, the game’s virtual Ikea location has opened, complete with 10 employees who were found from a search through 178,000 applications. That is a lot of people in the UK and Ireland who were quite happy at the thought of serving pretend meatballs in a video game.
Which sounds like a pretty sweet gig when you put it like that.
Ikea has officially stated previously that the employees working at its virtual location will be paid the same as physical store workers, although it’s important to note that these are limited-time contract jobs. Whether you choose to look at this a case where you should be substantially annoyed that companies are still trying to make the metaverse into a thing via Roblox or jealous that someone is now making money by role-playing as an Ikea employee in a virtual store we leave to the individual reader.
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Jonathan Coulton!
