Nielsen reviews

3.0

39% would recommend to a friend

(8,194 total reviews)

David Kenny

42% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

Nielsen has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 8,194 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
1.0
Oct 23, 2024

A painful journey

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The earlier culture before the sale was fantastic. We had fun working at Nielsen

Cons

After the company was sold it was as if the senior management was hellbent on destroying the work culture and the organizational ethos. From a research and analytics organization it became a sales company just bothered about profits NOT people.

2.0
Apr 27, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's pretty grim outlook currently

Cons

Since the company went private they've been slashing jobs for the sake of profit dividends to the equity firms. One could argue last year, a majority of the layoffs made a certain sense. They seem targeted to streamline and clean up bloat in the organization. There were two major layoffs in 2023. In 2024 there is dozens being let go weekly. These are affecting all major verticals and seems targeted to increase "profits" at all costs, which in this case, by removing staff, freezing salary increases and slashing all bonuses. The CEO was in a recent global meeting openly saying " If you want a raise, get a promotion"

1.0
Feb 12, 2024

Company is dying

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

At one time this was a great place to work. The people, benefits, and product offering. Today, Nielsen is dying and has entered into the endless layoff death spiral. They have cut long time employees severance packages in half and are moving US based jobs to Poland, India, and Mexico.

Cons

Private equity priorities are focused on Nielsen’s debt interest payments and have zero concern for Nielsen’s growth and long term strategy.

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