Does Nielsen pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Nielsen employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Nielsen. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Nielsen?

40% of Nielsen employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Nielsen 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 2.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Nielsen?

Analyst (331) , Manager (222) , Membership Representative (191) , Director (160) , Senior Analyst (144) , Software Engineer (123) , Research Analyst (120) , Field Representative (117) , Intern (115) , Senior Manager (103) , Research Executive (88) , Data Scientist (86) , Research Interviewer (79) , Senior Research Analyst (78) , Senior Software Engineer (72)

What are the pros of working at Nielsen according to real employee reviews?

"People are great and mgmt always keeps us posted on latest changes from the top...even though the change seldom trickles down." ((in 614 reviews)); "A great culture to learn and grown also the global feel enables one to learn and thrice alot!" ((in 517 reviews)); "good work life balance and quality of work" ((in 441 reviews)); "Flexible work from home and night shift allowance provided" ((in 270 reviews)); "Good benefits (Medical and 401K)" ((in 269 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Nielsen according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary because there are not many jobs out there comparable to what we do." ((in 468 reviews)); "low pay given the work and effort you put in" ((in 338 reviews)); "poor management and always delay whenever we issued technical problem" ((in 316 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and no stability." ((in 174 reviews)); "No repercussions for bad managers" ((in 130 reviews))

What are employees saying about Nielsen layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Nielsen layoffs and their outlook for job security at Nielsen in 2026.

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3.0

40% would recommend to a friend

(8,192 total reviews)

David Kenny

42% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

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3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.1

Culture & values

3.1

Compensation and benefits

2.7

Career opportunities

2.6

Senior management

Nielsen has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 8,192 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Nielsen employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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8K reviews

3.0

Jun 1, 2026

A Shell of Its Former Self

Research manager

Recommend

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Business Outlook

Pros

The people were fantastic to work with Benefits were solid Company was generous with remote work even pre-pandemic Supportive of diversity efforts

Cons

Post private equity takeover, massive slashing of jobs and morale Re-orgs happen consistently, resulting in unstable environment Upward movement stalls once you hit a certain level

4.0

May 28, 2026

Good experience.

Associate software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexibility, salary, location, work life balance

Cons

Direction, room for growth, using old technology

2.0

May 28, 2026

Large-scale data work, but strict RTO and low pay

Mts-1

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Work on large scale data - AI/ML initiatives - WLB mostly chill

Cons

- Extreme focus on 5 days a week RTO to the point they track in-office hours, even when a lot of teams are geographically distributed. Some teams even work across different time zones so this kind of in-office requirement makes no sense. - Really bad hikes and below market salaries; the kind you see in Indian banks and SBCs. - The management style overall is more like that of a service based company rather than product based. - Core technology and processes are already built, most work is around it or migrating it to newer technologies. But you'd expect it from a big old company.

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