Nielsen reviews

3.0

39% would recommend to a friend

(8,210 total reviews)
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Karthik Rao

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32% positive business outlook

Nielsen has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 8,210 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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2.0
Jan 7, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

-you get to work with a diverse list of clients in media and CPG, which can be impressive on resume -flexibility in working from home/time off if planned for ahead of time -young people who are friendly -clear path in career progession

Cons

-expect to work long hours as an analyst/snr analyst/assoc. manager -stressful and ridiculous expectations in terms of workload, at times -low pay given the amount of hours spent doing work -little to no bonus (if you are junior, expect at most 5% of your salary) -poor work/life balance -poor benefits package -bad office locations -big learning curve so you are only independent and functional after 6-8 months -you can get burnt out quickly due to workload -turnover rate is high and happens often, which leaves the people left behind in a poor position to carry the workload. new hires also aren't useful/functional so it's a constant catching up process with people coming, staying 1-2 years, then leaving

3.0
Jan 7, 2011

Good training

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good training; multiple market data sources

Cons

No work-life balance; long hours due to overseas outsourcing

1.0
Jan 7, 2011

Horrible

Recommend
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Pros

1. A good place to go to if you want to go into marketing - learn the heart of market analytics and research from a leading and recongised company that has major clients

Cons

In all fairness, I believe that I didnt enjoy my time at nielsen because it simply wasnt the job for me. I quickly learnt that market research didnt interest me, which made work pretty difficult. This aside, the main cons for me were: 1. not International 2. Absolutely no management (perhaps this is just the nature of consulting though?), no career guidance, advice, etc 3. Repeative work 4. No effort to keep employees happy.

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