I walked away from Mastercard in October. I took 6 months off for some R & R and found a new job. It's less money but I am 200% happier. I went from working 84 hours a week including weekends all on-call to a 40 work week with weekends off. ... —  read more 

This place has a terrible cycle of hiring you when you’re young and then they cut you when you’re older and have been there for 10+ years. I’ve seen this cycle first hand. It continues even today. If you’re new there, keep your resume updated and... —  read more 

Amazing. The company calls it "job elimination" - as many as 500 jobs world-wide, as of recently, with half of these in the U.S. (pretty large cuts for a lean company like MasterCard) - when there is no true "job elimination". In a true job... —  read more 

I left MC last year. I still have friends still in the area. As the title says, I was told that MC dumped Wipro as a contractor. Any truth to this statement/rumor? As an aside, they were terrible.

Three team members left within the last two months. Does anybody know what might be the reason? I can understand one person leaving on their own but three in such a short time period? I'm wondering if they know something that prompted them to make... —  read more 

It's been quiet here so..... I read through the posts and comments. The one comment that struck me the hardest was the one about Mastercard (MC) being a 'sweatshop.' The one definitive word to describe the place. I was hired by the... —  read more 

Been hearing some whisperings, any truth to it?

Share any updates you may have about MasterCard Layoffs 2021? Any news or rumors?

What's the impact and what are your thoughts?

How severance packages will be decided in Mastercard .. Do they have standard packages? or does it depends on the Experience in Mastercard?

Post any information about potential or actual MasterCard Layoffs 2020? Any news or rumors?

Master cards outsourcing partner Tech mahindra found using unethical practices to cut costs. Chairman and CEO admit using bad tactics and undignified treatment of employees [Dazeinfo] Is Tech Mahindra Practicing Unethical Layoff Process to Optimise... —  read more 

Last year all was fairly good, now all of the sudden things move, people are complaining and there are rumors about layoffs Purchase.

I heard 70+ in St. Louis and various positions in regions as of Feb 2015. The firings are mainly over 40+, but they have been doing this with a 'stealth' strategy so not to draw attention. The Waterloo office is basically being dismantled and jobs... —  read more 

When they lay you off, they make you sign a form waiving your rights to any bonus or profit sharing you may deserve for that year.

We all know it's 'pretty active' right now, I see hundreds of views below but nobody is posting experiences? Are we that scared?

I am not sure why we have no posts here but we are laying off people this week. This may continue next week too. Many departments are being affected and I think we’ll have hundreds of people laid off. Both St. Louis Operations Center (O'Fallon) and... —  read more 

I've heard 5-6% of the workforce. Many Mgrs caught by surprise with layoffs of group heads SBL's on down. Packages they get are generous from what I am hearing. Many of the IT jobs going or already to Pune, India.

Do you know how how many IT jobs will be sent to India? It seems that everyone knows about it but I cannot find any confirmed numbers or information on what groups will be affected the most. Also, from the timing perspective, do we expect all of this... —  read more 

Post any information you have about the total headcount (I know it changes all the time). How about the main office at Purchase?

This is a master thread about MasterCard layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

Even more IT jobs are being sent to India - MasterCard will lose ~12 folks in IT department by mid year

2014 will be bad for MC, a number of restructuring plans are being developed