Program Manager - Program Manager Nielsen Employee Review

4.0
Mar 31, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great people - many long time employees who have stayed because it's a great place to work. Wide variety of jobs available across the organization. Good access to training.

Cons

The hours are heavy in many groups. Frequent layoffs/offshoring transitions. Work environment can be competitive. Technologies are aging - management is working to do some upgrades, but it'll take some time. Pay doesn't increase much once you're in - negotiate carefully when you first join as that's your main opportunity to ensure you're paid fairly.

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5.0
Apr 14, 2026
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Pros

Was a great job with great benefits

Cons

No cons at all honestly

1.0
Apr 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Absolutley nothing. Which is a tragedy, because Nielsen was once an absolutely great place to work. I wanted to retire here. The culture used to be great, and I really loved being a part of this place. I loved my team, my management, and the people. Then along came the current CEO who is the classic example of a person who knows the cost of everything, but the value of nothing. He took over and ran the company full speed ahead in to the iceberg. And to try and save the sinking ship, he laid off literally thousands of highly experienced, highly trained, and highly engaged people to replace them with fresh overseas hires who know nothing about the company and expect them to be trained from the ground up to replace literally centuries of collective expererience and client relations. It's a disaster. This CEO shouldn't be trusted to run a lemonade stand.

Cons

Everything. Pay, job security, culture, management. Nothing is good here anymore. Don't take a job here unless you are truly desperate. And even then, it should only be as a stop-gap until you can find something else.

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