Mastercard reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(7,677 total reviews)
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Michael Miebach

87% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

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
Apr 12, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Wonderful brand with solid products. Global presence and smart talent. Working with many types of financial institutions is a privilege and a great way to grow your business acumen.

Cons

For whatever reason the people who hold the power are not nice individuals. They make it a point to sully peoples reputations, damage their career advancement and generally make life miserable if they so choose. HR knows and does nothing to address it. The performance management practices target individuals they no longer want to be part of the organization systematically weeding out tenured and older employees. Bad interpersonal behavior, gossiping, maligning and demeaning commentary by middle managers is commonplace. Good rule of thumb is trust no one. That said, if you are part of the clique and the "in" crowd your star and fortunes will rise. It is really all in who you know.

1.0
Feb 5, 2019

Too Many Cons to Stay

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good Food Smart coworkers Lots of learning in the first 3 months

Cons

After the first 3 months, the work becomes boring and mundane. Like others have noted, it is not stimulating leading to long hour doing mindless tasks. The healthcare is the worst. You get to select from 3 terrible high deductible options. Management is increasingly less transparent and can't seem to take any feedback. Any and all suggestions are met with excuses and a long list of why it will never happen. Culture is toxic. Ranking consultants against one another makes it difficult to collaborate and work with one another. And doing well is more about what you tell the higher ups than what you actually do.

3.0
Jan 10, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Flexible working from home policy - Inspiring CEO - Ability to move roles across teams and countries

Cons

- Dublin office are not transparent with new hires to set expectations that salary increases are on average 2% p/a. - Overall compensation across positions in Dublin is poor. NY and ST Louis offices do a far better job than Dublin office at bench marking salaries to the market. - On average, between 0% and 2.5% salary increase per annum - which leads to salary being noncompetitive within 2yrs of anyone joining Dublin office. -Struggling to bring exceptional talent into the Dublin office as can't compete on salary + pension. - Pension is below the average 14% pension contribution in tech sector. MC contribute a max of 10% towards pension. This is a big consideration for anyone joining considering pension is 10% of lower salary versus 14% pension based on higher salary. - Annual reviews are based on department bell curve.

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