Manager, Product Development - Anonymous employee Nielsen Employee Review

2.0
Jul 24, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some great managers, but those are getting harder to find.

Cons

Poor benefits and salary not competitive in area. Senior management not very open to feedback on how to improve and can't seem to find an org structure that will stick. Constant re-orgs and team shuffles amidst a lack of communication on direction of company created a confusing work environment. Financial situation when I left looked bleak with more cuts most likely on the horizon. Management often played favorites, and had little transperancy into merit increases and bonus payments. Culture is toxic with management expecting 50+ hour weeks and to be on call for senior leaders 24/7. When staff leaves no replacements are sought and workload increased. Little opportunity to advance once you hit middle management or rotate to a new team. Not a great place to work.

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Cons

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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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