Does Mattel pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Mattel employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Mattel. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Mattel?

66% of Mattel employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Mattel 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Mattel?

Manager (47) , Intern (30) , Designer (22) , Senior Manager (22) , Internship (20) , Associate Marketing Manager (19) , Director (19) , Associate Manager (18) , Marketing (17) , Analyst (15) , Financial Analyst (14) , Senior Financial Analyst (14) , Estagiário (13) , Project Manager (13) , Brand Manager (12)

What are the pros of working at Mattel according to real employee reviews?

"Mattel has great people and a fun environment overall due to the nature of the products you make." ((in 206 reviews)); "Some good benefits including half day Fridays!" ((in 181 reviews)); "Good work life balance (half day off every Friday)" ((in 87 reviews)); "very dynamic and changing environment that has a great culture." ((in 77 reviews)); "Good pay and a lot of overtime" ((in 68 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Mattel according to real employee reviews?

"Frequent layoffs across multiple departments." ((in 73 reviews)); "Poor leadership and lack of direction in role" ((in 35 reviews)); "No new ideas from upper management and corporate mismanagement." ((in 28 reviews)); "long hours and lots of pressure" ((in 17 reviews)); "They have inexperienced managers who don't know how to manage people and they don't know how to communicate." ((in 17 reviews))

What are employees saying about Mattel redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Mattel redundancy and their outlook for job security at Mattel in 2026.

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3.4

66% would recommend to a friend

(1,497 total reviews)

Ynon Kreiz

71% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Diversity and inclusion

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Culture and values

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.2

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

Mattel has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,497 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Mattel employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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1K reviews

2.0

22 Feb 2019

Hypocrites welcome

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good staff benefits (bonuses, pension contributions, flexible working, share options)

Cons

Poisonous political culture Inept, over paid and over promoted senior management spend too much time fighting each other and playing politics to actually work together Ideas are outdated, whatever they say unless you're in the US, you will not have the opportunity to make any real impact

3.0

10 Feb 2024

Used to be great but return to work makes it impossible to do the workload

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Amazing brands to work on and the people are great

Cons

Return of office 4 days shows how little the company care for their employees. Despite making millions from a movie about female empowerment, this does not translate to their values where this policy takes working mothers years backwards to being penalised in the work place. The workload has significantly increased since hybrid working which was only manageable without a commute.

3.0

24 Aug 2023

Ok

Finance coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Hybrid working, good toy perks

Cons

No room for progression in certain roles Management only focused on their own progression

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