Nielsen reviews

3.0

39% would recommend to a friend

(8,211 total reviews)
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Karthik Rao

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31% positive business outlook

Nielsen has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 8,211 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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1.0
Mar 24, 2009
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Pros

We were acquired by Nielsen and then assimilated within the bigger organization. Ability to keep your own hours.

Cons

- Outsourcing. especially if you are not in mid-upper level management. Upper mgmt loves to replace technical people with TCS employees, supposedly cut labor costs. - Top heavy. Upper mgmt is in a flux with roles changing daily. No clear direction as of yet. - Upper mgmt treats employees as replaceable commodities. (again with the intention of outsourcing) The motto is "One engineer/analyst is as good as another cheaper one " - Low morale. - Career growth depends on your immediate supervisor. If you dont brown nose, you dont go ahead.

2.0
Feb 6, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The perks are phenomenal... company car, phone, internet, computer etc. It look nice on your resume.

Cons

The perks will keep you at this job longer than it should. At first it seemed like an amazing place to be but the place is revolving doors especially for field employees. Your success is greatly controlled by management as they are the ones that handout leads. You will have to eat, blank and sleep Nielsen to meet minimum standards and prepare for the worse stress you will ever experience. Every week you get constant pressure to perform even if it means working Saturday and Sunday evenings every week. They will tell you that you are required to work a non-traditional schedule but what this means is you will work all day everyday and OT is rarely approved. Your job is always on the line. Definitely more pressure than typical sales positions. I would never recommend this job to a friend unless they need it as a career transition Nielsen Media does look great on your resume. This job should pay about 15K more than it does. Bonus is total BS.

4.0
Sep 23, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The Emerging Leaders Program I was of part did a superb job at educating us and prepping us for full-time positions. The compensation is extremely competitive and the vast number of locations as well as different business the company has acquired are truly incredible. This has also resulted in some downfalls that I believe are currently being addressed. The result has come in way of a lot of change, something that many people despise. Assuming that this change will all come to fruition I know that Nielsen will become a much stronger company and ultimately the industry leader.

Cons

Considering the amount of change that is taking place it should not be surprising that organization is my first complaint. They were very slow about giving details about my employment and some interns were about to sign an apartment lease in city that Nielsen latter told them they would not be working in. That being said I have seen the steps taken to get ahead of these logistical issues and believe that in the future the program will gain great strength. In addition to these changes they have actively asked current interns about anything that could be done to improve upon the program.

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