Nielsen reviews

3.0

39% would recommend to a friend

(8,206 total reviews)

Karthik Rao

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32% positive business outlook

Nielsen has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 8,206 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
2.0
Nov 11, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent pay scale, company car, laptop, cell phone and “field freedom” to wok independently. (60 percent of the time)

Cons

Daily performance numbers based on the performance of your assigned homes, about 85 to 100 of them. Little Timmy plugs in a new xbox without call you first, home faults, grandma forgets to log in using remote, home faults, any electronic failure with nielsen equipment, home faults. You are responsible for the actions of randomly selected homes. You will be expected to be available to work 8 am to midnight M-F. If you need time off within that range you must ask for approval. Performance number are low, expected to work saturday and expect to call aggravated cooperatives (nielsen homes) mostly done on Sunday night to set up appointments.Understand, most homes don't know what they are getting in to when they sign up and get upset, frustrated from all the visits to fix stuff, be prepared to deal with lots of animosity. This job is OK for single people, family people beware. It isn't a job but a lifestyle because the work load is unbearable most of the time. Keep in mind, it ia a random sample, one day in a mansion and the next day the Opposite. (filthy, roach infested, stinky homes)

1.0
Sep 18, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's a very interesting business. The pay scale is average to Ok. Management has laid-off most of the unattractive people and replaced them with younger, cheaper, more attractive people (I know this sounds like a rant but it's bizarrely true). The company is big enough that it survived the leveraged buyout.

Cons

Dilbert in action. Nielsen is in a continuous layoff mode (US employees only) while TCS effectively runs the IT department (since they can't be fired). If you are considering a job in the IT department, RUN, don't walk away.

2.0
Feb 28, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Brand name, exposure to large clients, global company.

Cons

Terrible morale, problems with attrition, uninspiring middle-managers, lack of transparency, extremely bureaucratic, inflated titles, noncompetitive salaries, too much micromanagement.

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