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      3.0

      39% would recommend to a friend

      (8,206 total reviews)

      Karthik Rao

      Not enough data to show CEO approval

      32% 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 8,206 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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      8K reviews
      1.0
      Sep 15, 2018

      Bloated, Hopelessly Dysfunctional.

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Middle Management that cares. - Good salary / Benefits.

      Cons

      - Tech stack is more than 12+ years behind industry standards. Poorly implemented solutions abound. - Poor quality software and implementations. Not uncommon to see an outages daily or hourly from multiple teams. Zero ownership for leadership to resolve these issues. Kills most teams productivity, not uncommon to see tech folks quit over work-life balance. - Lack of work-life balance if you are on the wrong team. - Old school top-down management that things throwing unqualified folks on a technical problems or projects will produce better results. - Bloated. Too many folks performing tasks that could easily be automated. Too many processes that are in place that create red tape. - Bloated. Consultants are killing the organization. No one is watching the hen house. Most technical staff don't have the proper skills to do their jobs, yet they are hired. - Bloated. An irrational, unexplainable level of duplication of services Too many teams performing the same functions.

      3.0
      Jul 24, 2018

      Going through tough times

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Exposure to world class clients - Will learn a lot - Breadth of research tools/data is unique to the industry -Work at home opportunities

      Cons

      Following several years of being owned by private equity and now actively being traded on Wall Street, it's not the same company as it was when I joined many years ago. - Depending on the position, hours can be long and work life balance challenged - Job Security - many organizational changes and layoffs that have not yielded desired results - Stagnant raises - most people will only see a raise every 2 years and it's meager when you get it. - Un realistic financial goals leading to ever shrinking or non existent bonuses - Aggressive financial goals placing pressure on senior management by Wall Street leading to a lot of pressure for client facing associates to focus more on sales than solving client needs -Too much focus on Quarterly results leading to short term vision and decision making and negative long term outcomes - Paid vacation eliminated and converted to "me time"; meaning that when you leave the company you are no longer paid for unused vacation

      1.0
      Mar 31, 2018

      I drank the kool-aid

      Membership representative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexibility Meritocracy financial remuneration tied to personal performance

      Cons

      Caring family environment is rhetoric

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