Nielsen is not where it used to be - Analyst Nielsen Employee Review

3.0
May 18, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

-You learn tons, but most skills are not transferable -Good diversity of clients in CPG to keep things interesting -Nielsen has good reputation in the business world, good add to the resume

Cons

-Senior management is mediocre. For example, attrition rates are pretty high, and promos are STILL frozen (after 15 months). People are not at the forefront of Nielsen -Lack of resources to do your job due to systemic failures. It can lead to very stressful circumstances as it feels like a project can be on the heads of the Analyst with minimal support from managers + leaders -Development of new excel workbooks are venerated as product innovation. This speaks for itself and echoes the general direction of the company of patching holes rather than truly reinventing and innovating -Crazy work hours and no regard for work-life balance. The expectation is that you will work as long as it takes to get the job done, even if it's on your vacation days

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Pros

Was a great job with great benefits

Cons

No cons at all honestly

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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