Nielsen reviews

3.0

39% would recommend to a friend

(8,206 total reviews)

Karthik Rao

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32% positive business outlook

Nielsen has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 8,206 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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2.0
Mar 3, 2011

Not for everyone - great for students

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Company is global and provides great insights. Great emerging leader program - so would highly recommend it for recent/upcoming grads.

Cons

Growth is limited for higher-level people (depending on department), departments not synergistic, not a lot of employee support - operates in silos.

1.0
Feb 28, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

The pay is ok and the job is simple. A typical work day consists of watching assigned television show (or shows), tracking product placements, and writing questions based on the show's content. You do, however, have to follow a methodology in writing the questions but after a while it gets easy.

Cons

1) Managers and editors talk down to the Survey Writers - they make rude and inappropriate comments 2) In training, as well as in the job description, you are told that the latest you will work is up to 2am....I had to stay once until 5am because of the lack of coverage (very large turnover rate) 3) This is not a part-time position....working 36-39 hrs almost every week is very close to full-time (and you don't receive benefits so what's the point of staying!) 4) You have to rely on the assigned editor to your show to approve your show questions before you can leave to go home or start your next show. 5) Different feedback on methodology and miscommunication among editors and managers - this can cause an even GREATER delay. You may be used to writing a certain way according to a rule one editor told you but then another editor will tell you that your writing incorrectly. As a result, you have to go back and rewrite the question which could set you back 30 minutes to 1 hour.

3.0
Feb 25, 2011

State of Flux!!!

Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits Strong IT infrastructure Good employee communications

Cons

Constant state of flux especially after going public The Meritocracy rating system is a very subjective

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