Anyone has an idea? e.g., would FP have a different bonus plan?

While I'm from the other Coast, I always admired the way FP fought back and showed that D&D can be done better at home than in Asia. That with the right discipline, Talent, and technologies, they could make things faster, better and cheaper than the... — read more 

Everyone I talk to in Design is looking for a way out of this nightmare. The best people will offer to take voluntary retirement or severance package. Others are searching elsewhere for a job. Before long, Mattel will be nothing but new CEOs... — read more 

Just read the post about the NY director's inquiries regarding this site. Regardless if true or false, I am sure that many of us found it totally believeable and that in itself says so much about the state we are in. Now I get up feeling sick about... — read more 

My director approached me this morning asking if I was aware of this site and told me that he has been tasked with going around to each and every person in his charge and asking if they were aware of this site and to inform them that we are not to... — read more 

Been with FP for over 20 years now. There was a time when FP was the leader in preschool toy design. It was our passion to do it good and do it right. No detail was over looked, breadboard models were built to prove out a design. Models were tested... — read more 

The truth is times have passed Mattel by. What we here at Mattel need is a move toward the creative toy. Anything that is considered entertaining is dying under the digital wave that swept so many companies by... just like it killed Eastman Kodak... — read more 

Another announcement today... After one yesterday..,about more VPs, SVPs etc. This one from Geoff Walker about HIT. Just what everyone wants to hear... More people with big salaries and benefits in my place. Still no vision communicated. When are we... — read more 

Please post your message below... Let's see what we have to say...

Pat yourselves on the back gentlemen...while you have ALL done an absolutely phenomenal job of DRIVING a once well-respected and proud company called "Fisher-Price" straight INTO THE GROUND with YOUR greed and incompetence, PLEASE now do the same... — read more 

Time for all of us with a conscious, self respect and respect for your fellow worker to leave. Do not continue to work for this company that cares nothing about you and your needs. Look around at all the vacant offices while the abundant VP's scurry... — read more 

I may be relatively young but this is not my first rodeo and I won't tolerate terrible leadership - and the consensus I've heard among other young talent; they won't either. I don't want to be a part of a company where veterans get canned like... — read more 

Can someone please explain what the "velvet mafia" is?

Any shareholders here, or are we all Mattel employees gambling with our lives? Mattel Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) dropped about 2.8% on Tuesday to post a new 52-week low of $24.34 against a 52-week high of $40.79. Shares closed at $25.05 Monday night. Volume... — read more 

Vidler's is looking for people in the East Aurora area.

Hasbro is looking for people in the Burbank area.

Besides this and a few other rinky-dink websites, there's no mention of these layoffs in the news. Google it if you don't believe it. How does Mattel manage to quash these rumors, and how can we get the word out to tell the world the truth about what... — read more 

This is 100% true. Mattel came to FP and drained all of the creativity away. Slow at first, when our office was more autonomous - then as the Mattel culture began to infiltrate our office, this doomed the sense of freedom we once had. Before Mattel... — read more 

Would Mattel just relocate its worldwide headquarters and consolidate other offices to a cheaper place? Look at Toyota, pulling out of Torrance and moving to Plano Texas. They own that town. I thought that was impossible when I heard it, but it... — read more 

Hi, ex Mattel here. What about the european mattel offices. Have they been hit as well?

The commercial lease was broken and the plan is to relocate D&D to HK except for a tiny R&D hit squad in ES. The "Handler Team Center" didn't last too long.

If we do I bet we'll be losing a lot more people than we already have...

Here is a ton of positive things about our company: http://www.glassdoor.com/Benefits/Mattel-US-Benefits-EI_IE428.0,6_IL.7,9_IN1.htm

Yet on their watch, Mat-Hell became a looney bin of arrogant, narrow-minded, uninspiring leadership. Innovation and creativity became insignificant buzzwords. Corporate culture went to hell, decisions and approvals were hard to get, only motivated by... — read more 

As I found out the day I was laid off, the management team was well aware of ongoings of this page....and not happy about it. Scared as a matter of fact. If they truly want to get sincere authentic feedback, this page is it. There is no need for an... — read more 

All you guys have done are packaging changes color changes and cost cutting. I see the same toys on the shelf from ten years ago. The only time is a good product come around is when Mattel buys a company then they claim the good products as there... — read more 

You can't continue to sell crap and get away with it. The exec's salaries (and bonuses) can't sustain the numbers. I say get rid of them all and start over--if there's anything left to salvage which is doubtful. Rumor has it Williams Sonoma is... — read more 

Nothing else to say.

I'm sure this will sound bitter but, I'm not trying to be. Walker definitely lacks the Polish. He has the trashiest vocabulary I've ever heard in an office setting. Absolutely inappropriate. The man doesn't even make eye contact when I pass him in... — read more 

Left in 2008, the writing was on the wall then and it's not going to get better. Every quarter we had a management meeting where we had to rank every employee in the department. You knew you were signing a death warrant for anyone at the bottom. What... — read more 

What's killing Mattel is your product. All you guys have done are packaging changes color changes and cost cutting. I see the same toys on the shelf from ten years ago. The only time is a good product come around is when Mattel buys a company then... — read more 

Sesame Street made sense to lose - the only toy that ever made money was the feature Elmo doll. I'm sure if you look at sales of feature Elmo vs. feature Mickey, it wasn't a loss. Disney princesses was a bigger loss, and that's from the arrogance of... — read more 

Mattel is very skilled in layoffs. They get an above expectations. They identify months ahead of time exactly which worker bees are candidates. Man, you know they talk about it. VPs are gathering feedback at one on one meetings with managers... — read more 

Reported in the Madison, Wisconsin newspaper this morning that AG let 15 employees go across three locations in Wisconsin. But ... what the newspaper didn't report is that earlier this year AG offered VERY GENEROUS retirement packages to a large... — read more