Nielsen reviews

3.0

39% would recommend to a friend

(8,202 total reviews)

David Kenny

41% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

Nielsen has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 8,202 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
Sep 2, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Autonomous, self-driven, not mentally challenging, flexible work hours (somewhat), good healthcare, car, phone, computer, options to purchase stock, 401K matched. Good company in that regard for compensating with what should be provided to workers, besides salary. Varied in regards to daily clients that one meets, homes and locations. Interesting industry and processes. Corporate environment based attitudes - a lot of SOPs so processes are thoroughly understood, clear in direction and requirements. Company wants to ensure rules are followed. A lot of internal clients to assist in daily work flow. If you do the job, you should be successful.

Cons

Monotonous, grind, not intellectually stimulating, kool-aide drinking mentality amongst middle management and upper management. Middle management is reminiscent of employees from "stereotypical" DMV or Welfare/State run facilities, can be a biased work environment, where middle management has a lesser evolved recognition of self and picks favorites. So ability to earn money can be minimized by bias. Base salary is an unlivable wage in San Diego, unless you rent and have someone else contributing to daily living necessities. More and more difficult to make bonus/commission. Industry changing, location difficult to recruit and make money.

2.0
May 8, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Solid design system and foundations to build off of - Some good design management still around - Design team is filled with good folks - Solid rebrand in '21

Cons

After private equity bought Nielsen in '22 they laid off about a third of the design staff and re-orged the company into silos. The design system became apart of one silo, which is exactly the opposite of it's intended goal. It's sad to see. I thought the SVP of design was building a really great team (apart from one bad apple) and plan for the organization. That plan seems to be fully lost now. I feel sad that the work I did on the design system will likely be implemented poorly or barely updated as design devolves to the whims of whatever product person is currently speaking. But, we tried. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

1.0
Aug 23, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Offer part time positions so that helps anyone who needs to make some money but limited with time due to commitments like school, children or caring for an I'll family member.

Cons

I liked Nielsen when I first started working. As of 2020, Upper Management started coming down hard on employees with performance expectations. If there are any slight miscommunications, they treat employees as if their being dishonest or have ulterior motives right off the bat. This creates a very low morale. Quality is also constantly dropping in on you and listening to your calls and watching your screens. You're under pressure of getting people on the phone to agree while forced to follow a very flawed script. If Quality sees you missed even the slightest word, you get reprimanded. Your performance is not always based on you but rather whether people want to participate or not because we do ask for a lot of personal information. Very stressful! Your job is always on the line and not at all worth all that effort for what you're getting paid! They cut back on incentives and micromanage more now.

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