It won't be long before before all your competencies are replaced/reworked by corporate VP's looking to make their mark. Just look at their history of acquisitions and how they faired to know that the worse is on the horizon. How's that PLM working... — read more 

Rumors are running rampant in NYC as well. Everyone is really tense here this morning. Not cool and the higher ups have been roaming into each others offices, which is amazing that some of them have any mobility at all. My hard work + long work hours... — read more 

http://seekingalpha.com/article/3390865-mattel-is-not-going-to-cut-their-dividends?auth_param=1543j2:1as1sih:8e081516b7c8214c341e2aebe3a689b4&dr=1 "Management at Mattel are not rookies, and Barbie has been top dog for the better part of 50 years. One... — read more 

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NEW YORK, July 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Pacific Partners, (together with its affiliates, "Blue Pacific"), a shareholder of LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. ("LeapFrog" or the "Company"), today announced that it has delivered a letter to the Company's... — read more 

Apparently they want to sick their legal hounds on anyone associated with currently or previously with the company. Thoughts?

Just heard that there were a bunch of people who quit over in the NYC office. Did something specific happen? Did they really quit? Hope they were all just being smart and getting out of a sinking ship!

Rumor is the monthly health nut is going up and severance will be 3-weeks for everyone not at a director level ... and yea, Barbie hands are not looking too good.

Otherwise, I would say, don't waste your time posting on this site.

Watch for the stock price to spike due to the radical change implemented today. No dress code and no more bag checks!! I can't believe management finally got the message regarding the oppressive working conditions...

Anyone hear anything?

Is anyone hearing about layoffs at Barbie Europe? Sales are down... won't headcount decline too?

this was posted a long time ago but worth posting again and again. Beware it may make your head explode. Thank you to the brave person that originally posted it, I don't know how you got a hold of it, but its very illuminating.. Salaries like this... — read more 

Check out this More PUBLIC site. http://seekingalpha.com/article/3050396-the-insanity-that-is-mattels-leadership

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-mattel-future-20150621-story.html#page=1 The Hot Wheels photos on a wall at Mattel's design center are riddled with post-it notes: "Cool idea," one says. "Like it," goes a second, "but it's missing something."... — read more 

Mattel will be a business case in the Harvard MBA program. The title will be, "How the #1 toy company crashed and burned in less than 5 years" . We all know when it started - when Mr. Stockton took the reins and appointed all his friends into... — read more 

Mattel will be a business case in the Harvard MBA program. The title will be, "How the #1 toy company crashed and burned in less than 5 years" . We all know when it started - when Mr. Stockton took the reins and appointed all his friends into... — read more 

There are comments on this page commenting how "we can make a change" or "Mattel needs to hear this" at the end of the day EVERYONE at Mattel is trying as hard as they can to keep the buisness running and moving forward. There is no point making... — read more 

19 years on the Board makes you one of the senior members of the "Good Old Boys Club". It's already painfully obvious that maintaining Mattel's extraordinary top heavy executive level is your priority over getting the company back on its feet. Yup... — read more 

1 Cutting employee benefits does not solve the problem. It demotivates whatever you have left of an organization and reflects an inability to solve the real problem. While you are cutting the benefits of the rank and file, why don't you cut the... — read more 

Seems their new roles are to roam the building as hall monitors with golden badges doing their new master's bidding. I guess if you're going to buy a buttplug, its always nice to buy a matching set.

So last year I got no raise. This year, I got just enough to pay more taxes. And now you're cutting into my retirement plan???? I'm come here primarily for a paycheck so I can eat! Good God get me out of here!!!

There may be fireworks before the Fourth if I heard right. Dickson has to pay for all his new chiefs with indian blood.

http://nypost.com/2015/06/17/j-crew-exec-brags-about-surviving-hunger-games-layoffs/ Oh, if this was only an isolated case....Many higher ups in the NYC office had this same sense of entitlement during the last round of layoffs. Many were laughing in... — read more 

Hot Wheels is one of only two Mattel brands which grew (others shrunk big time), yet they have had a curiously disproportionate share of layoffs, firings, reorgs, people resigning, and general turmoil over the past year. Who is calling the shots?... — read more 

After the latest shakeup of bringing back the MEGA boss into the fold here in NYC, seems like its setting the stage for the next round coming...

While there are rumors running rampant of another layoff in September along with budget cuts, changes to the pension, etc. there are marketing people from EA and NYC posting pics on Facebook in front of all the tourist stops in Moscow. Glad they are... — read more 

been getting referrals, but wanted to know who the best connected toy people are, thanks!

The lady VP of Hot Wheels just quit. Didn't last a year. Are they hiring 3 new Veeps to replace her?

Seeing as she will be heading up FP now...

Daily we have the pleasure of reading about people being promoted yet we can't hire anybody + nobody wants to work at Mattel even if you are lucky enough to have an open rec. Today the announcement comes out with another VP in NAD. Are you kidding... — read more 

"WHO ELSE IS LEFT TO LAYOFF?" Really? How about those responsible for our current state. The SVP's and VP's that never stood up for doing what was best for the company versus their own interest. We all know who they are and what value they are NOT to... — read more 

Yes it has worked for now. All the allegiances have been NEWS released (Google, Quirky, DC) and the stock has risen on hope and promises. But we all know that the blood of the concept, what makes it compelling, what makes it desirable, what makes it... — read more