Strong company with great culture and growth opportunities - Financial Leadership Development Program Nielsen Employee Review

4.0
Feb 27, 2015
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Pros

Nielsen has a great culture. I joined because I felt very comfortable with the people I met while I was interviewing. It also has lots of growth opportunities as it keeps evolving to be able to provide clients with the total picture of the global consumer. It is a true meritocracy as strong performers are offered new roles every 18 to 24 months and better pay than their peers.There are also lots of international opportunities as Nielsen is present in more than 100 countries. After a year working for them, they offered me a 6 month assignment to work in Asia. It was an incredible experience with many perks.

Cons

They have issues attracting young talent as some of its main offices are not in cities (Schaumburg, IL; Wilton, CT; Parsippany, NJ; Oldsmar, FL). However, the offices that are in cities are located in great areas and are the nicest offices (New York, Chicago, San Francisco). Compensation and benefits are competitive but not aimed at attracting the best of the best.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Apr 16, 2026
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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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