HR Awards
Best Workspace
Mattel
We Collaborate. We Innovate. We Execute!
“We have the best job and offer the best work environment as play is our language and we make play our work.”
Mattel’s mission is to empower the next generation to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential. With this, the company promises to create innovative products and experiences that inspire, entertain, and develop children through play. And things are no different when it comes to Mattel’s workplaces, as they create the best job and the best work environment for its talent teams—with play as their language, they make play their work.
To keep things playful, Mattel strives to create the best workplace for its employees and to create a more diverse and inclusive environment both in the company and in the world around it. In view of the continued challenges riding from COVID-19 faced by the organisation, wellness has been a key focus. Mattel initiated its Employee Wellness 360 programme to ensure that it provided the most positive workplace experience possible to help all its employees stay happy and healthy—physically, mentally, socially and financially.
Greater workplace flexibility like flexi hours and work from home arrangements are put in place in supporting the psychological safety and well-being of employees. In addition to this work from home flexibility, Mattel also provides advice on home office set-up and helps with the provision of the latest tech to facilitate WFH along with health advice and tips for remote work.
In Mattel’s offices, significant work has been put into creating relaxing office workspaces. Each employee is afforded a sit-down/stand-up desk so they can benefit from changing their posture throughout the workday, and select the perfect work height for their workstation. The office also features table football, so employees can take a bit of time out from work and enjoy a game of fuzzball with their colleagues.
The meeting rooms have been specially designed at Mattel to create user-friendly, flexible workspaces for times when colleagues need to get together for meetings, collaborative projects and team-building activities.
Mattel’s flexible workspaces and work arrangements are complemented with a raft of family-friendly initiatives and fun programmes, all of which have been greatly appreciated by employees, and manifest in high levels of employee engagement and internal pride. Mattel was also awarded the ‘Best Workplace’ Bronze Award by HR Magazine in 2020.
Paul Arkwright
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