Nielsen reviews

3.0

39% would recommend to a friend

(8,207 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 8,207 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
Apr 4, 2018

Wrong Direction

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Flexible work schedules, great colleagues

Cons

Low pay compared to competition. Upper management has a "burnout" philosophy where they keep the team young and phase out Directors/VPs. Very short sighted approach which is cheap but will lose long term when competitors have experienced consultants and Nielsen has 25 year olds leading client relationships.

2.0
Jan 14, 2018

Sr. Data Scientist

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible work schedule including work at home for up to 3 days a week. Decently updated downtown Chicago office. Pay is not bad.

Cons

Lack of oversight. No confidence that my work is really contributing to revenue generation. Bugs everywhere in codes. Extremely high turnover. Medical insurance (united healthcare) is worse than competitors’.

1.0
Oct 13, 2017

Make Nielsen Great Again....

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Depending on the area, most people work from home. This can be a con if you are new to the company and want to build relationships with co-workers. Great place to START your career and gain valuable experience and knowledge. Take this experience and go somewhere that will value you.

Cons

I have seen many changes over my three decades working for Nielsen. The last ten years have been a revolving door with layoffs every 6 mos. Nielsen does not value it's employees only the bottom line. They use to care what employee thought. The company used to have annual reviews of themselves where every employee is encouraged to participate in review the company and department they contribute to. This allowed the company to look at areas for improvement. This is no longer a priority. They are trying to be a technology company and failing miserably as they don't have a clue. Do not build something expecting clients to buy into it, There is no integrity as they will promise the client things they know they cannot deliver.

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