It was okay for a little while, it gets worse... - Data Processing Specialist Nielsen Employee Review

2.0
Mar 18, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good starting pay Decent benefits Multinational company A lot of available certifications

Cons

The starting pay is good. But then you’ll be told that there is no bonus pay and the increment for lower level bands are stuck at 2-7%/ year. Even if you change band level, you only get about 10-20%, but you have 3-5 times the work load. So many people quit from this place and hands over tasks to the next unlucky person. People leave not because of the pay, it’s because of the dead end career path, you either work there forever or get lucky enough to settle in an actual job. The management is ridiculous here. Some are lucky with having a respectable manager, else are like me who ends up having an idiot from India who doesn’t even know excel shortcuts. All in all, it’s not that horrible of a company, but it isn’t such a blessing to work here. Trainings here suck. People don’t know what they are doing, they just learn from other people as well. They are robots with free will and the ability to screw up. If you’re looking for a dead end job. Come here. But if you’re looking for career progression, don’t. Team leaders here do all the work. They have the responsibility and the load of the managers, and they have to take up the additional work when the team gets too stupid/ scarced. Advice for you all: if u want to work here. Don’t ever accept promotion

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