Private equity is bringing down a century old corporation - Junior Data Analyst Nielsen Employee Review

1.0
Apr 22, 2024
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Pros

People are really personable and great to work with Flexible time off

Cons

Right now the company is on a path to slowly bleed out, private equity has laid off experienced and dedicated workers and offloaded their work to cheaper options in Mexico, India and Poland. After being there for 3 years I never received a promotion even though my responsibilities grew every few months. There is no positive direction for the company as all the superstars have either been laid off or left because they are more valued elsewhere. Even after showing how RIFs are affecting the side of the business I was involved in, private equity continued to lay off many many workers without a care. Private equity bought the company during a time where the economy was not doing well and they are scrambling to save as much money as they can at the cost of decent people who actually cared about the company

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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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