Was acceptable, turned very sour. - Sr. Software Engineer Nielsen Employee Review

3.0
Jun 4, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

- Initially, seemed like good room for potential growth and support - Pay scale seems comfortable or much higher for most people, annual increases were good - Solid potential to learn at scale, with real impact - Several interesting use cases that required deeper upskilling - Some good leaders

Cons

- Good, technical leaders getting replaced with "yes"-people - Growth only actually happens if helping with the "right" optics - Profit and "excellence" (aka burnout) seems to be the only way to climb - People department is definitely more of a check box and less of a support system; good people work there but aren't enabled very well at all, much less prioritized - Benefits aren't great, only one benefit is actually good and it's not even universal at the company - Decided US workforce is too expensive, offshoring is clearly the answer?? Even considering offshore positions, pay scale is suddenly pennies

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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

2.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Flexibility, nice people, good benefits

Cons

Toxic work environment, HR way too involved in everything, the company expects us to be robots, document everything every person says at all times. Over working everyone since layoffs

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