With today's grant of 773,000 stock options and 95,000 restricted shares, Mattel will pay RD an extra bonus of $14 million (beyond his annual base salary, bonuses and stock grants) if the stock price simply gets back to the $38.50 level it was two... — read more 

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Think a big purchase would be a nice swerve to all the trouble Q4 has brought us.

He ousted the CEO for bad results after sitting, sitting, sitting on the board for many, many years. Why isn't the board ousting him? What has he done to turn things around? Hire consultants and recruiters. He installed the management team. He should... — read more 

Let's hope this is a step in a positive direction. Change is (hopefully) GOOD.

Are layoffs on the horizon? Getting so tired of all the lip service from upper management. Just SAYING things are going to be different or better or a certain way does not them so.

giving hasbro a run for its money! what a joke.

only a matter of time before this one turns into another AI Barbie, barbie wifi dreamhouse, talking bear and friends. we should just go retro and start remaking the nintendo power gloves, or the drum pads.

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I swear half of the BS that comes out of their socially awkward mouths could be discussed with marketing AFTER the meeting. no need to waste other departments time.

I really like working at the NYC office. I like the people, I like the work, and I like FP. A lot!

With respect to peers, relative outperformance over the last year is in contrast to the more recent underperformance. Mattel, Inc. currently trades at a higher Price/Book ratio (4.24) than its peer median (2.92). The market expects MAT-US to grow... — read more 

Can't say we will miss you But what a mess she is leaving behind

Did anyone see Arrival? I thought it was dope! Wanted to see what everyone else thought.

Just keep working, do your job and do not worry about job cuts - I think we are safe here El Segundo.

With all the unrest of CEO changes and cross pollination fighting between campuses it is an absolute miracle that Dino-Gator is still in development. FP design engineering has teamed up with ES marketing to deliver a great toy that has been received... — read more 

Since the brilliant "I have a better idea" Bryan Stockton pushed out Friedman, Curran etc during his first month as CEO in January, 2011, F-P has had 3 leaders (Allmark, Walker, MacKenzie) in just 6 years. Scothon was to be the 4th, but was canned... — read more 

Hey HR - how do you hire someone to head the EA campus but let them go 3 days later?????? Are you that scared of being sued? you had to know he consulted for a competitor?!?! what a joke you people are! And you want us to complain to you? you can't... — read more 

Mattel Inc.’s board has started preparing for a CEO transition, hoping to avoid the difficulties the toy maker had the last time it changed leaders. The biggest U.S. toy company hired the search firm Spencer Stuart this summer to help identify the... — read more 

If I were Anki, I'd be prepping my IP lawsuit against Mattel, as the new Hot Wheels AI "borrows heavily" from Anki Drive. Actually blatantly copying would be more like it. With CD and TW in charge of that brand, this is further proof they have no new... — read more 

To everyone on here that can't seem to do anything but whine, complain, call people out and blame everything on everyone else: if you're so miserable, QUIT. I DARE YOU. Think this place is really so corrupt? Say it. Go to HR and complain. Stop hiding... — read more 

I don’t know if anyone has heard but one of Mattel’s trusted factories (that shall remain nameless that Hasbro also uses) that also makes medical equipment for cutting edge science experiments is building a Fall exclusive for Mattel. The owner of the... — read more 

The third quarter report sure glosses over this serious blunder, hiding it between Barbie up 16 pct and Hot Wheels up 6 pct. Must have been some tremendous losses there to end up flat overall. How many seamstresses will be laid off as a result? And... — read more 

I am on my 2nd round of interviews at Fisher Price for a senior marketing position on the Thomas brand. The toy industry is new to me (I have spent the last four years in food) but it seems like a great opportunity and the toy industry sounds... — read more 

Great. More expensive overhead for "media". Let's not focus on product. I guarantee neither of these VPs will carry their weight, and will exit in the future with amazing parachutes: Mattel Creations, the centralized theatrical, television and... — read more 

Can FP maybe come ups with an original idea and stop bastardizing the same conception into as many iterations as possible. You're the laughing stock of our company at this point. Same crap in a different shell. Quite pathetic and about as forward... — read more 

I keep hearing rumors around the campus that the house of mouse is looking to acquire us. Could the boneheads responsible for EAH be in line for that well deserved smack on the bum before they're shown the door? Are we ready for more reductions? Silo... — read more 

The song and dance is about to begin. Place your bets on: Headwinds, Currency Exchange Issues, Back of the House, Campus Consolidation... Any way you measure things, they all add up to the same result: More Layoffs.

bunch of lightweights.

Hi, I'm not a Mattel employee, just a regualr Mom, but it seems like lots of insider infoermation can be found here so I thought it might be a good place to ask what the status of the Thingmaker 3D printer was. I remember hearing about it sometime... — read more 

Little bird mentioned that SC may have left Mattel after being demoted from head of girls marketing to the bizarre posting in Corporate Communications. Has she moved on?

Are we that devoid of concepts that now thomas is a rock star? Terrible sculpt, stupid concept and a guaranteed failure. Way to go morons in NYC! Just keep guaranteeing that you're all getting pink slips and that whole division will coming out west.

I was laid off in March and my old boss still calls me asking me how to do things. I should charge him/her a consulting fee!! SOB