Good Culture, Eh Pay - Product Designer Mattel Employee Review

3.0
Nov 24, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Great people - Fun products - In house operations allow you to learn a lot about process and get support

Cons

- Slow growth - Exponential growth in expectations and responsibilities, not reflected in pay - Only driven by bottom line, no real room for innovation even though that's what we work on all the time. Leadership is not risk taking yet aware of their issues - Seemingly constant lay offs

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5.0
Feb 3, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Mattel is a notable name and you get to work with some really great brands.

Cons

Strict in-office policy, 4 days in-office.

3.0
Jul 21, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Depends on your team and manager! If you get a good one, it's great. However, if you get a bad one... it's really bad. Luck of the draw.

Cons

Poor director upper management usually from all departments. They often do lay offs every year, sometimes 2-3 times a year to clean management. Thus causing a lot of churn.

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