Family-Friendly Workplace
We aim to create family-friendly workplaces that make it possible for employees to more easily balance family life and their work at Mattel. We provide employees at all locations worldwide with various family-friendly benefits.
In the United States, some of the more commonly used/more popular benefits include:
Paid Parental Leave:

Employees receive up to 12 weeks of paid time off after the birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child.

Phased Back-to-Work program:

New parents are offered the opportunity to work a part-time schedule at full pay for the first month after returning to work to help transition back to work after parental leave.

Infertility Treatment:

All benefits-eligible employees and their spouse/domestic partner, regardless of enrollment, are eligible for reimbursement for infertility treatment at a coverage level of 80% of the allowed amount to a maximum lifetime benefit of $15,000 per couple.

Adoption Assistance:

All benefits-eligible employees are provided with adoption assistance and up to $10,000 reimbursement for adoption expenses.

Mattel’s Child Development Center:

Mattel’s El Segundo headquarters employees are eligible for childcare for children six weeks old through pre-kindergarten on a year-round basis.

Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA):

Dependent care expenses for children under age 13, disabled children of any age, and dependent adults are eligible for reimbursement under this program.

College Coach:

Employees have access to college preparation assistance and help researching financial aid options.