Project Manager - Project Manager Nielsen Employee Review

1.0
Mar 2, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Work from home options available. For a fresher out of college, it is a great place to spend the first 12 months of his/her career.

Cons

Senior management is really fake. They act like they are "service" leaders but they really are very political and only focus on short-term growth. The culture tries to be "open" but in reality everyone is judging and there is a lot of office politics. There is lack of transparency at every level and you really don't have clarity on what is going on with your career. I am really surprised to see that it is one of the top places to work according to the fortune magazine. Attrition is HIGH and pay is extremely low. Almost every boss I had (3 out of 4 bosses) had nothing to really teach me...they were in it to simply keep paying their bills. Often times, there was no work for months together..you had to compete with your teammates to get the right role on the project. The company will see a lot of lay-offs in the next two years. Be cautious when you apply.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Apr 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Absolutley nothing. Which is a tragedy, because Nielsen was once an absolutely great place to work. I wanted to retire here. The culture used to be great, and I really loved being a part of this place. I loved my team, my management, and the people. Then along came the current CEO who is the classic example of a person who knows the cost of everything, but the value of nothing. He took over and ran the company full speed ahead in to the iceberg. And to try and save the sinking ship, he laid off literally thousands of highly experienced, highly trained, and highly engaged people to replace them with fresh overseas hires who know nothing about the company and expect them to be trained from the ground up to replace literally centuries of collective expererience and client relations. It's a disaster. This CEO shouldn't be trusted to run a lemonade stand.

Cons

Everything. Pay, job security, culture, management. Nothing is good here anymore. Don't take a job here unless you are truly desperate. And even then, it should only be as a stop-gap until you can find something else.

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