Not at all what it was - Release Engineer Nielsen Employee Review

1.0
May 21, 2024
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Pros

Nielsen offers remote work but how often depends upon who you report to

Cons

Nielsen has steadily laid off employees since 2006 with the pace picking up since the latest acquisition by private equity. Currently, I am told, the layoffs occur every payday. Morale is habitually low. While there are many wonderful people to work with, there are others who focus on protecting their knowledge because, as you might expect, they're hoping to keep their jobs by being the only one who knows how to do their work. Who is let go seems to be determined by someone way beyond the immediate supervisor--someone who doesn't know the value of business knowledge and thinks employees are plug-and-play devices.

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5.0
Apr 14, 2026
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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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