It doesn’t matter how many hands are working or how many hours you put in. If you’re going in the wrong direction with the wrong product wrong processes too many layers too top heavy etc. just prolonging the inevitable demise. Hollow promises of... — read more 

Plenty other jobs have the same benefits now. Nothing special about Mattel. Done thinking about this. Ride it out or leave, your choice. Been f---ed enough times by this company.

Y is cutting the throat of Mattel. Retaining and obtaining good employees means offering legitimate perks. 30+ years we have the 1/2 day Friday benefit and just like that, Y can’t get an answer from east coast on one random Friday and he’s mad and... — read more 

I work overtime all the freaking time and sometimes weekends when needed. I answer emails at night. I do this because I know my Friday’s are half day. But I’m done. I commute 3 hours a day round trip in c-ap traffic. This unlimited vacation is just... — read more 

Honestly cannot believe the whining on this site. A bit of history here: half day Fridays were implemented decades ago as a summer benefit only. Then, because the company was doing well, they were extended until the holiday shut down. No, whiners... — read more 

Half Day Fridays now sc-apped and for Summer Hours only. There goes the last retention/recruitment tool that made Mattel different. Morale in office is shocking!

....at least summer will be just a couple months away once they end half day Fridays. Then we’ll be back to half day Fridays again! That’s not so bad. Right? Come on guys, cheer up. Say what? It’s the nine straight months after summer you dread. Oh... — read more 

Does someone have a list of American Girl stores that will be closing in 2019. Also, if you have a list with stores that have been closed in 2017 and 2018 that'd be great. I am trying to estimate the impact on the worker - disclaimer: I do not work... — read more 

The move reunites Ms. Cook with Ynot with whom she worked in previous years. Her resume looks a bit slim to me. We’ll see what kind of spin can she put on this hot mess.

True? False?

Mattel had done the online thing and failed: shop.mattel.com It was with a 3rd party, then went to AG, and last I heard went back to a 3rd party. But, it was always an extremely small part of the business... only a few million in revenue per year... — read more 

https://nypost.com/2019/02/20/hasbro-lego-launch-online-services-in-toys-r-us-absence/

"Executives with stuffed animal maker Gund noticed that some of their display items had been outright pilfered, including four boxes of a tiny stuffed surprise." SL probably thought it was her lunch since it was 4 boxes.

Let's face it - we are still milking our old fame and some good acquisition moves. Everything else is just meh. Enjoy it while it lasts. Think that @XGsldKF-1lci is right. I don’t see any way, much less a good strategy to get out of this state.

What's the word on the next layoffs? Do we think it's coming before the AG Update on March 6?

Chipotle has built a new supply chain team and made several operational changes in order to stage a comeback after the restaurant chain's food safety issues reappeared in the form of a norovirus outbreak. The CEO is relatively new to the company... — read more 

Mattel has a lot of issues mostly generated by its manufacturing footprint. 50% of its manufacturing is in-house, and needs to be more outsourced. To recover Mattel needs to get its supply chain in order by outsourcing more operations and gaining... — read more 

Will we even get bonuses now because of the revised earnings report? Found this question as a reply to another thread by @XwLHab5-angi , but I was wondering the same thing?

Expecting lackluster responses across the board. Pitiful.

Mattel issue weak guidance for 2019. Stock is fluctuating between -16% to -18% for the day.

I just saw that there is a new department at Mattel called Mattel Television. Does anyone know what this is? Is it real? I also just heard that american girl will have a movie even if the company is falling apart. I have heard about a bunch of movies... — read more 

Based on the earnings, are we finally getting the bonuses we deserve?

Please UPVOTE this post if you'd leave Mattel if you'd be able to find a comparable job. Please DOWNVOTE this post if you'd stick with Mattel even if you'd be able to find a comparable job.

What is the corporate layoff guestimate?

Another Mattel movie? I keep reading these announcements about movies but are any of them really being made? I remember alot of announcements in the years I was there and no movies ever actually happening. Is this just hype to raise stock price? Does... — read more 

Is the good man still around? What happened to the rumors of him being investigated? How does he survive?

So quiet here. You'd think that everyone was ALREADY laid off. Not to fear, dear reader, all is not lost. Barbie will save the day..... until we're sued by Momster Jam for tooling their brand off and Netflix does a barbie spoof movie, drafting on the... — read more 

Any word on Mattel’s year-end results or Q4?

Wrong last name previously announced, but still a Margo. Georgiadis will reportedly earn another $31 million as she triumphantly returns to save Mattel again by playing the titular character. Bravo M-Go!

Barbie is going to Hollywood! I certainly hope she comes back with a bag of money or we are all screwed. Even though the people that I talk to and the public generally are quite skeptical about the success of the Barby movie I try not to think about... — read more 

I mean, I like Margot Robbie, but if this movie is what Mattel is hedging its bets on... Mattel casts Margot Robbie as Barbie in live-action film, as struggling toy company seeks turnaround... — read more 

What's going on so far in 2019? Do we know of any incoming layoffs?

A little odd that RD is running AG? Wondering if this is the end of this brand...

After a little more than a year, my last day was Thursday last week. I started just as the TRU bankruptcy was announced and personally saw the working of the creditor community. In July half my department was laid off and steadily everyone left..it... — read more 

Mattel barely squeezed out a profit at the peak of the economic cycle, Q3 2018. How are they going to survive a global slowdown when they're already a joke of a company. Have you looked at the financials? How about the stock price? The party is over... — read more 

What would trigger a bankruptcy and in that case what would happen to the employees in corporate(e.g. ES, HK, EA, etc) what about the plant ops?

This article reports that Kidkraft announced that the new company president and CEO will be a Mattel veteran and the former company Chief Strategic Technology Officer at Mattel. Given the state that the company is in who can blame him for seeking... — read more 

2018 was the year of TRU bankruptcy, something tells me we are about to follow in its footsteps...

Mattel has been a tough place to work for years now. What the main reason you stay? A. Believe Mattel will have a turnaround in the next 6-12 months and willing to stick it out until then B. Hoping a buyout happens soon and new owners make things... — read more