Outsource, Outsource, Outsource!!! - Database Administrator Nielsen Employee Review

2.0
Oct 13, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Pay is good. I still work with some good people who haven't been outsourced yet. I really can't think of anything else

Cons

They started with a 50/50 mix of onsite and offshored workers, now they are moving to 30% onsite and 70% offshore. They have become a 100% process oriented company. The work being done is not nearly as important as whether or not the proper procedures are being followed. Always have to worry about whether you're going to be laid off due to offshoring.

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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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