MasterCard Reviews

I worked at MasterCard as a contractor

Pros – nice people, work life balance, lots of various aspects to be familiar with but no real learning .

Cons – hell lot of crappy work and they fire you with no notice.

Advice to Senior Management – worst experience in term of work culture and ethics.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at MasterCard full-time for more than a year

Pros – Company is well positioned to succeed in the future. Good branding and well known.

Cons – Compensation is below other firms in the financial services field. Not a lot of opportunity to move up or get promoted. Most of middle management are fairly old and unambitious who are content doing the minimum amount of work required to keep their 9-5 job. Management's attempt to make the workplace more "fun" and lively" is adding a pool table that almost no one uses. Many of the younger and more creative employees seem to be snatched up by competitors such as Visa.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at MasterCard

Pros – Benefits, location, friendly co-workers and occasional ability to work from home

Cons – Senior and Business Leader Management - worse seen
Disrespectful to employees
Not enough recognition when giving 150% instead blame employees for things even when not in the employees control and continue to expect even more from them
No matter how hard you work, not rewarded for it
Management does not take ownership of company problems but rather pushes off on to the employees
Management treats people like dictatorship with no partnership
Once in, give up any further financial growth - raises are next to 0 compared to what the companies earnings.

Advice to Senior Management – Need to start taking in to consideration your employees and their value to getting the company their earnings instead of pushing the problems on to them, not rewarding them and not respecting them. After all they are what got the company the earnings to begin with and the employees are following the direction of the management team.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at MasterCard

Pros – Fair salary
Well known company and brand
Profitable company, but at a cost

Cons – Heavy outsourcing
Prefer mediocrity at cheaper cost
Decline in benefits since going public on the stock market
Very conservative with innovation
For a small company, the bureaucracy of a very large company

Advice to Senior Management – Lose the over-accounting that prevents innovation due to unrealistic goals that force tracking to estimates instead of tracking to realistic numbers.

Still very much a buddy system in management, tough job market plus fewer opportunities in the St. Louis, MO market tend to breed favoritism

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend