Description Master Lock's founder figured that if battleships and bank vaults were made of laminated steel, why not locks? The world's largest padlock manufacturer invented and patented the laminated steel padlock in 1924. Today, it continues to manufacture and market padlocks, as well as steering wheel locks, cable locks and U-locks, window and door locks and alarms, and other products for the home and security applications in the automotive, consumer goods, commercial, education, and government markets. Master Lock is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fortune Brands Storage & Security, itself a subsidiary of Fortune Brands Home & Security.
Master Lock has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 89 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Master Lock employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).
Overall, 57% of employees would recommend working at Master Lock to a friend. This is based on 105 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
59% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Master Lock as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Master Lock.