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 (398) , Director (360) , Software Engineer (357) , Consultant (350) , Manager (205) , Associate Consultant (201) , Associate Managing Consultant (199) , Vice President (198) , Product Manager (171) , Analyst (127) , Intern (119) , Software Engineer II (117) , 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 998 reviews)); "Many companies talk about have a great culture while Mastercard walks the talk on this." ((in 856 reviews)); "Not only are the benefits really good but I don't just come to work and do my day job!" ((in 765 reviews)); "Some people are great and helpful" ((in 532 reviews)); "People become very content here because the pay is good and you don't have to work that hard." ((in 298 reviews))

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

"Long hours depending on department; such a large company that you may feel like a small fish in a big pond" ((in 63 reviews)); "Career progression can be slow and challenging." ((in 61 reviews)); "Senior management is not transparent." ((in 55 reviews)); "The office politics is a major issue when it comes to prioritizing projects." ((in 39 reviews)); "Obvious favoritism at an all" ((in 29 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.

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4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(7,701 total reviews)

Michael Miebach

87% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Career opportunities

3.6

Senior management

Mastercard has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 7,701 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

4.0

Oct 16, 2012

On its way to become a true tech company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

environment, vacation policy, flexibility, and some cutting edge tech teams

Cons

silo-ed cutting edge teams, and rest is more or less legacy systems. Software dev teams still have on-call rotations.

5.0

Oct 15, 2012

Master card`

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

people are nice and kind

Cons

not professional, but some times rude

4.0

Oct 6, 2012

Great resume-builder but has ways to go to become what it CAN be -- the Intel of payments!

Business leader

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Almost bulletproof, revenue-generating business model - Strong brand built from the strength of its distribution, products, and the "Priceless" campaign - Global company - Seasoned, competent executive management - A lot more entrepreneurial than it gets credit for - Work-life balance - Cool office for a Fortune 500 company - Getting better at horizontal structure

Cons

- Its business model, which is an open loop, makes it difficult to move fast since its dependent on issuers and merchants - Hasn't yet earned credit for being a "technology" company within financial services - Silos galore: functionally and geographically - Executive management needs to narrow down its priorities since there are too many - Although only just over 7,000 employees globally, it operates like a 700,000-person organization at times - Some departments are becoming more intense -- lessening the work-life balance -- because of questionable strategic decisions - Can't expect morale to increase just because of adding a pool and ping-pong table (they are nice additions) -- needs to be truly authentic - High performers in middle management can be "stuck" because of the top-heavy organizational structure, coupled the company's above average retention rates

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