Does Mastercard pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Mastercard employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Mastercard. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Mastercard?

82% of Mastercard employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Mastercard 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Mastercard?

Senior Software Engineer (402) , Director (364) , Software Engineer (357) , Consultant (350) , Manager (206) , Associate Consultant (202) , Associate Managing Consultant (200) , Vice President (198) , Product Manager (171) , Analyst (127) , Intern (119) , Software Engineer II (118) , Senior Analyst (109) , Project Manager (83) , Business Leader (81)

What are the pros of working at Mastercard according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and if willing to learn new thing you will have ample scope." ((in 1021 reviews)); "Many companies talk about have a great culture while Mastercard walks the talk on this." ((in 857 reviews)); "Not only are the benefits really good but I don't just come to work and do my day job!" ((in 784 reviews)); "Some people are great and helpful" ((in 545 reviews)); "People become very content here because the pay is good and you don't have to work that hard." ((in 314 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Mastercard according to real employee reviews?

"Career progression can be slow and challenging." ((in 64 reviews)); "Long hours depending on department; such a large company that you may feel like a small fish in a big pond" ((in 59 reviews)); "Senior management is not transparent." ((in 55 reviews)); "It is important to enhance the manager's team management skills and to avoid any favoritism." ((in 28 reviews)); "Middle management is completely demotivated and will do whatever to please the bosses as against what's right for the Company." ((in 18 reviews))

What are employees saying about Mastercard layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Mastercard layoffs and their outlook for job security at Mastercard in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Mastercard locations?

Buenos Aires , Córdoba , Salta

Mastercard reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(7,727 total reviews)

Michael Miebach

87% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

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Mastercard has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 7,727 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Mastercard employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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8K reviews

3.0

Dec 7, 2014

review

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

work-life balance based on position.

Cons

lots of politics. lots of meetings and not a lot of progress

2.0

Nov 29, 2014

Oligopoly: money to waste, status quo to preserve

Senior business leader

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

With strong winds in our backs from customers getting off cash worldwide and the only competition from a similarly badly run organization, MasterCard vaults are loaded with dough spent ever so freely. Lavish customer events and entertainment, gorgeous marketing campaigns and interesting projects that don't have to make impact, nice salary and benefits for employees, and nobody has to really work hard.

Cons

During my years here, we have been overwhelmed with speeches about new culture that would be different from the days of associations, but MasterCard remains a mostly political place with senior executives caring much more about their personas rather than clients or employees. Executive management meetings feel like user-card salesmen conventions from the 80s. HR has the most power, often making and overruling business management's decisions. With the exception of 2-3 people of Level 3 and up, you are learning by watching how executives behaving and then doing the exact opposite. I used to work for Visa and we couldn't figure out how our so badly managed company could be kicking MasterCard out all over the world... now I understand why.

4.0

Nov 14, 2014

Strong growing company - opportunity exists although not always upward

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Operates in a great industry with significant organic growth opportunity as cash and checks migrate to digital payments. Good people - smart, dedicated, generally collaborative. Great CEO - leadership, inspiration, face of company to the world. Diverse work teams provide diffferent perspectives. Exciting times due to digital / mobile technology change.

Cons

Career opportunities are often lateral. Can be challenging from a work / life balance perspective. Global business oftens means calls at all hours.

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Oligopoly: money to waste, status quo to preserve

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