Watch your back - Senior Vice President Nielsen Employee Review

1.0
May 23, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

They have deep pockets. They contribute to helping the planet.

Cons

Oh... where to begin... They have deep pockets creating massive layers of management. They can barely make a decision - even if their life depended on it. There's a severe disconnection between upper management and their people. If you ever want data to back this up, ask anyone in management about the turnover in the Buy Connected System. Good people are fired every day, smarter people leave because they realize success is impossible. Their HR department is one of the biggest jokes I've seen in my 25 year career. They do little to onboard you, but are quick to fire you if you can't get on-boarded by yourself. They can't find talent, but in the event they do, they'll probably loose the candidate over their uncanny inability to act or their lack of market compensation values.

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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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