Not a bad first job, but get out as soon as you can - Anonymous employee Nielsen Employee Review

2.0
Dec 10, 2009
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Working at Nielsen Bulgaria does not give you too much stress and this makes it a good place to start getting some professional experience. Individual efforts are noticed and appreciated, and if one is particularly talented, there are opportunities for growth within the company.

Cons

The senior management at Nielsen Bulgaria was inadequate. They failed to provide for the Bulgarian branch not one bit. The pay is terrible. It is ok if you're fresh out of school, no family and no other job to take, but it's way below standard pay in Sofia. Chances to have your salary increased are zero. The only raises are the annual raises to offset the inflation for the previous year. The atmosphere is sometimes terrible. Mostly women work there and sometimes it turns into a wasp nest of gossip and intrigues. Turnover is huge as conditions are so bad people try to leave as soon as they can. For the period I was working there the number of clients kept increasing, while the number of workers went down. Workload increased substantially, and no compensation was offered for the increased workload. No benefits or perks whatsoever except free coffee.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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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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