Sadly disappointing - Senior Product Development Engineer Mattel Employee Review

1.0
Jul 20, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Great people, team spirit, half-day fridays.

Cons

incompetent, politically motivated middle managers causing unnecessary stress to those under them. little to no training. focus is on cutting costs, yet they pee away so much money due to antiquated systems/tools. focus on cost cutting at the expense of product quality, moving cost targets. many people there for over a decade know only one system and are not open to streamlining the process. due to staff reductions, it doubled the workload for much of the remaining staff.

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Cons

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4.0
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Cons

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