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 (395) , Director (358) , Software Engineer (356) , Consultant (350) , Manager (204) , Associate Consultant (200) , Associate Managing Consultant (199) , Vice President (197) , Product Manager (170) , Analyst (127) , Intern (119) , Software Engineer II (117) , Senior Analyst (108) , 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 994 reviews)); "Many companies talk about have a great culture while Mastercard walks the talk on this." ((in 853 reviews)); "Not only are the benefits really good but I don't just come to work and do my day job!" ((in 738 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 294 reviews))

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

"Lack of action taken by leaders and HR against senior leadership who has a lack of conduct." ((in 108 reviews)); "Slow career progression (3 year avg range for promotion)" ((in 67 reviews)); "Long hours depending on department; such a large company that you may feel like a small fish in a big pond" ((in 56 reviews)); "Senior management is not transparent." ((in 56 reviews)); "Too much politics coupled with a useless HR who is basically a puppet of Senior Management and not truly a support to people." ((in 42 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

(7,677 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 7,677 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

May 21, 2010

Completely dysfunctional in Canada

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Salary is higher than market. Employee retirement plan is good -- company contribution is high. Global company offers interesting perspective. US-centricity can be challenging sometimes, but overall is a good experience and offers a good networking opportunity.

Cons

Management in Canada is completely incompetent and dysfunctional, driven by petty personal feuds and turf wars than by business needs. Open, cubicle-based office is environment is unproductive and demeaning/demotivating, especially to those more advanced in their careers.

3.0

May 18, 2010

Good benefits, but weak HR

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There are good benefits provided by the company, There is a strong global network and some insightful research. Plenty of opportunities to work across multiple business units.

Cons

Poor communication from HR. Beware of the meeting culture. People host meetings when they could just communicate needs through email or over the phone.

2.0

May 17, 2010

The MasterCard IPS group is a sweat shop full of incompetent management

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There is MCU, MasterCard University, where you can learn about processing and the payments industry. There are some competent and committed people with whom to work. The facilities are OK, with the big gym and decent dining hall.

Cons

The benefits are not that great, especially the medican and dental. There is a group of folks at MasterCard who have been there for 10 years or more. That is an elitist club. They do very little work and put the onus of all the real work onto the new employees. These employees don't get the pension (like the ol' timers still get), don't get the recognition, and get very little thanks and praise. In the IPS group, especially, much of the real work is done by outsourcing it to onshore and offshore contractors.

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