This ship is going to sink soon: if not the company, then at least the technology side of it. - MTS-3 Nielsen Employee Review

1.0
Feb 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Apart from the tech side, Nielsen Media is a really good company. Audience measurement is an exciting and interesting space to work in. If you are joining Nielsen Media outside the tech team, there’s nothing to worry about.

Cons

1. The technology department is in a bad state. 2. Even a fresher needs CTO approval to work from home for just one day. 3. From April 2026, the tech team will be required to work from office five days a week. 4. There was a recent round of layoffs that affected about 10% of employees, only in the tech department. 5. What’s surprising is that it hasn’t even been two years since the GCC was set up and layoffs have already started, which goes against earlier leadership decisions. 6. All of this applies only to the technology team, other departments are still mostly remote and rarely come to the office.

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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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