Nielsen reviews

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

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
Apr 25, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some nice people; Work can be interesting and varied. Great for a college leaver, but no place for folks looking for long-term employment

Cons

Atmosphere of fear; little communication from management; obsessed with cost cutting; not interested enough in quality; too much short term thinking - pure private equity.

1.0
Apr 14, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company car,Laptop,Blackberry,internet,flex schedule somewhat.Vacation time off is good. The co-workers are great to work with.

Cons

Low pay,Mass lay-offs,out of touch senior management,Outsourcing AMERICAN jobs to third world countries??? Most of all the worry of losing your job with no advance notice. Here today gone tomorrow kind of enviroment. Senior management needs to get a reality check on how this company works. How quickly they forget how they got to their current postion.

2.0
Jun 24, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The pros are that it is a job, with decent benefits, for the times we live in. The company car is nice, and hours are somewhat flexible.

Cons

Occasionally required to work weekends, and often working into the evenings. A recent reorganization has left most field reps overworked. KPIs are constantly shifting, and the bonus incentive program that once made this a livable job has been chipped away to the point where it offers little real benefit. The biggest con is that the company was acquired by Elliott Investment Management in 2022, through its private equity arm Evergreen Coast Capital. The culture has been unstable and erratic ever since. After the acquisition, they quickly went underwater on the loan for their share of the leveraged buyout, and, as always, it’s the employees who end up paying for the mistakes of people in finance.

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