With all of the lackluster products, slumping stocks and overall crap morale that ends in upper mgmt. buying staff ice cream like they were 6 year olds, how is it that these shucks in upper management and above not held to a higher level of... — read more 

From Fortune: "Acknowledging that the massive demand for new Star Wars Toys had even beaten Hasbro’s highest expectations, Goldner declared, “We have fundamentally caught up with demand.” “Over the past few weeks, we had seen some shortage of... — read more 

Fisher Price: The toys being put out this year are a joke. They don't look like Fisher Price, they look like millennial bs that people who don't even have kids feel are spot on for kids to like, what a joke! The chair is way too simplistic and the... — read more 

Hasbro has delivered solid financial results thus far in 2015, and licensing tie-ins to Star Wars, Transformers, Jurassic World and Frozen should drive revenue growth going forward. The company has been growing its dividend for 12 consecutive years... — read more 

This is why we as a company are in the crapper. AI Barbie? Some crappy hot wheels playset? a couple of fisher price throwaway products? Where's the big headed ai bear that they were so high on? Instead they have that crappy EDM no play value crap…... — read more 

So is the intent of this site to whine about what's not working or to suggest, white loafers or not, how or what we can do to change Matthell? The latter? Obvious! There are many that suggest that R.D. and C.S. are not interested in what's posted on... — read more 

With the atmosphere at Mattel so caustic, I can't understand why anyone we could even care to offer suggestions to make it better. Why would anyone stay in such a miserable situation?

http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-toys-the-force-is-with-star-wars-1447628509 No shock there - but more mattel cluelessness as Dickson - others believe that orders cut in Q3 will magically transform in 4Q sales - um, no retailer is placing toy orders... — read more 

Now Mattel has huge layoffs, spot layoffs, and rolling layoffs. VPs actually tell their people that it's never over, they're never safe, if you don't like it there's the door. Benefits are cut. Health coverage costs you more. Less from Mattel in your... — read more 

Someone needs to tell your marketing heads that adding these words to your decks doesn't make you smarter or more innovative. Until Mattel actually invests long term into these categories they will be nothing more than pretty words we throw around... — read more 

Maybe if you worked on getting Mattel in shape I could pick another title for this post

Funny, nobody else who got SHITCANNED got a party. Just thrown out with the trash. THAT'S your legacy, you Dipshit. You just kept smiling and pretending to be a rock star while the whole joint fell apart. Hundreds of loyal employees have been... — read more 

What did you think?

What is the likelihood of Mattel layoffs in El Segundo in 2016? Please let me know if you have any information.

Who wanted to know what it’s like to work at Mattel? You can tell from reading the posts. If you’re a designer, you’re unhappy, unappreciated, disrespected. Management is totally entitled, self-satisfied, full of snarky comments for there people, the... — read more 

These bitches (gay and straight me included) are the biggest crop of control freak crybabies I have ever encountered. If you disagree with their "design direction" in the slightest and don't bow to their every whim they message your director/ and or... — read more 

Of course we'll wind up with a "barbie supergirl" again instead of a full line supporting the property. sad.

There were some good points made, but also many questions not answered.

Haven't heard of anything happening here in ES in a few weeks. Could we have weathered the storm? Is it over? Are we back on track? Thoughts?

During months of uncertainty, one thing is clear. You obviously need to be in the 'inner circle' to have any hope of a continuing paycheck. That's sad. Think about the people have left (escaped) who had great ideas and more talent than so many who... — read more 

Guessing below average performance with lots of money spent on marketing and advertising. Otherwise known as small penis compensation.

Just saw an ad for Hello Barbie on Walmart. When I clicked on it right underneath popped up an ad for the Disney Descendent dolls which I had not seen before. First of all they're beautiful...looks like something Mattel would have made in its hey day... — read more 

Kudos to all for not feeding the "Pink Slip" troll previous. Lets keep the discussions as real as we can. There's only one "bad guy" and it's Mattel mismanagement. If there are any more big layoffs coming, it better target VPs. All the seamstresses... — read more 

There is another big layoff coming shortly . I hate to say it but it's true!

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/10/05/blame-barbie-as-mattel-inc-stock-slides-in-septemb.aspx Looking from the inside out I'm not sure if things are going in the right direction fast enough :(

Hate to steal Sinclair's thunder, but word's out. In a show of financial foresight, we just bought VW. Negotiations took nearly a year, and we would not be dissuaded my VW's recent headwinds. "I like it a little windy,' said Sinclair. We're shipping... — read more 

Anyone know when it will happen? Did it get pushed back to allow the new head of HR to have input?

A follow-up... In the 21st century, which is the better model?

from seeking alpha article: "In the meanwhile, Mattel is largely relying on "Hello Barbie" that can interact with kids using voice recognition and artificial intelligence. The Hello Barbie will hit the shelves in November this year in a bid to refuel... — read more 

Mattel is devoid of ideas. such a bastardization whore move. for shame Mattel, for shame.

BlueMountain says our stock could decline to $10-14. Hope all our new Veeps got stock options as hiring incentives. This place blows. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-29/bluemountain-s-zorub-says-he-s-betting-against-mattel-shares

Could someone please explain the HR org memo because I can't make heads or tails of it. Does it mean that SC is out at FP? I hope so because that cackling witch needs to go. I think she actually enjoys the layoffs.