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 209 reviews)); "Some good benefits including half day Fridays!" ((in 178 reviews)); "Good work life balance (half day off every Friday)" ((in 89 reviews)); "very dynamic and changing environment that has a great culture." ((in 76 reviews)); "Okay pay and decent location" ((in 59 reviews))

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

"Frequent layoffs across multiple departments." ((in 70 reviews)); "Poor leadership and lack of direction in role" ((in 35 reviews)); "No new ideas from upper management and corporate mismanagement." ((in 28 reviews)); "managers do not know what's going on" ((in 17 reviews)); "Long hours at times due to negligence or poor planning" ((in 15 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).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

4.0

3 Jun 2026

Exciting brands overshadowed by frequent layoffs

Associate manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Great exciting brands. Strong IP

Cons

Layoffs pretty often. No transparency on restructuring

1.0

14 May 2026

Toxic culture

Anonymous

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Some cool toys that we sell

Cons

1. Toxic political environment - Too many "leaders" that force their team to work like dogs so that they can look good to management and basically say it was all them. A lot of micromanaging / narcassistic managers.

2.0

24 Apr 2026

Average

Senior manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

A huge projects in a peak season

Cons

Work like balace and fexible working hours

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