Nielsen reviews

3.0

39% would recommend to a friend

(8,196 total reviews)

David Kenny

42% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Nielsen has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 8,196 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
2.0
Jun 4, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Working at Niesen looks great on the resume especially if you are in the CPG industry. I also was paid pretty nicely.

Cons

The pay was nice but I should have known from the start that he company had issues. I relocated to New Jersey for the position from the Midwest and the whole relocation process was botched. I was on a smaller client service team. My manager had no business managing people. He had 2 people under him and 3 people had left under him in the past 18 months. That didn't seem to bother Nielsen though. Anyway, the culture of the team was very 9-5. My first week there I was questioned why I was staying past 5pm. I think they were afrain I would harder then others. After about a month on the job I approached my boss to see if he was happy with progress and to see if there were things he noticed that I should focus on. He got up and left meeting and told me to never bother him again with questions like those. It was tough to complain though because the money was pretty good and I could come in at 9 and leave on 5 on the dot. My performance review lasted all of 3 minutes. They just didn't care about employee development. After 18 months I knew it was time to move on. Shortly after my departure the client dropped Nielsen and I probably would have been left without a job.

1.0
May 30, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are some interesting technologies being worked on, especially with their blog and web board data mining systems. A few smart and hard-working people lurk in the offices.

Cons

Extremely political and poisonous atmosphere. Upper "management" is dysfunctional and not really managing much of anything except their own careers. If this condition persists, Nielsen Online will have their lunch eaten by other scrappier and more tech-savvy competitors.

4.0
May 28, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are opportunities to really experiment over the course of your career, because the company covers so many different areas of the marketing information world. If you're interested in learning a host of different business and working with a host of different clients, this is a great place to do that. If you are a strong performer, you will be taken care of.

Cons

I think we all recognize the value that outsourcing and offshoring can bring to a firm financially, and there are a lot of really good reasons that I think it should be done. However, it's clear that there's been a "one size fits all" mentality about this when something a bit more nuanced might have been more appropriate. Right now, the company seems to be spending a lot of time and resources trying to get lean, but the result may be more hierarchical than is ideal.

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