Mastercard reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(7,755 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 7,755 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 Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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8K reviews
3.0
Feb 4, 2026

Used to be good

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great benefits and time off

Cons

More recently, the company has begun implementing PIPs in a way that appears designed to push employees out rather than execute larger-scale layoffs. This approach seems intended maybe to minimize public scrutiny and avoid headlines associated with mass layoffs. As well as avoid additional severance packages. Heard about multiple colleagues being put on pips recently after years of hard work. As with many large organizations, individual experience is highly dependent on one’s team. While the company promotes values under The Mastercard Way—such as “help each other be great,” “say what you mean,” and “grow together”—the lived culture often does not reflect these principles. Collaboration is limited, credit for work is misattributed, and contributions are overlooked. Cross functional collaboration is also a nightmare with every team acting like they are at war between each other when it comes to having to work together on something.

5.0
Feb 4, 2026

Great place to work

Recommend
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Pros

Perk, culture, people, paternity leave and educational leave

Cons

Strong internal network needed to find opportunities within the company!

1.0
Feb 4, 2026

Horrid culture

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Pros

Good technology stack in my opinion for my skills

Cons

Horrible culture... fired 1600 people and communicated it as a "win" (we had a great year record sales revenue bla bla bla and oh we will be firing 1500 ppl as part of that) Part that shocked me most: Told that people were fired based on colleague feedback, so in fact it was us workers who were responsible for our colleagues/friends being fired Separate con: 3 days in office every week

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