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3.0

39% would recommend to a friend

(8,213 total reviews)
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Karthik Rao

49% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.1

Compensation and benefits

3.0

Culture & values

2.7

Career opportunities

2.6

Senior management

Nielsen has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 8,213 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Nielsen employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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Reviews by job title

8K reviews
5.0
Jan 23, 2014

Account Director

Account director
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

This company takes care of hard workers. You need to be willing to not only work hard but work smart. There are many avenues for you to be successful and leadership really cares about growing their employees. I work on the client service side and I can honestly say, we put our clients first in all we do. If you want to coast and just collect a check, I wouldn't consider this company.

Cons

Its a very large company, so you can get lost in the shuffle without personal ambition. If you don't care to improve your career, they are not going to do it for you. You need to want to take on challenges/opportunities and look to find them here.

2.0
Jan 7, 2014

Being a monopoly in the world has led to career stagnation in Nielsen

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very interesting and challenging business to learn. The various product offerings by Nielsen are exciting. The business people are very respected and great to work with. They are all very high caliber folks and highly qualified. It was a pleasure working with them. They have a great work life balance with work from home options available.

Cons

The IT part of the company is very mediocre. This stems from the fact that this is a monopoly and has very little completion, and hence breeds mediocrity. There is very little career growth and people are mostly stuck in the position they are hired as. There is very little focus in developing people and upward movement. Salaries rarely change/increase. If you are satisfied with the status qua with no changes at all - this is the company that you should work for. Senior Management is not expected to reviewed by their direct reports. If you happen to be unhappy with your manager, you have no recompense.

1.0
Dec 9, 2013

IT Professionals should STAY AWAY

Senior level it manager
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Salary very competitive. Work Life balance Ok. Benefits on par with rest of Tampa Area.

Cons

IT Executives along with Mid-Mangers are very cliquey. If you don't fit in or you disagree, watch out. New ideas are not cultivated and encouraged. Turnover is huge. Most long tenured employees would not last in other companies due to their incompetence. Extremely political culture, worst seen in over 25 years in IT. Management promoted to a level of incompetence.

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