Nielsen reviews

3.0

39% would recommend to a friend

(8,196 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 8,196 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
1.0
Sep 7, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible schedule in the day to look for another job Company car & gas Company paid cell Work from home

Cons

Terrible management Work evenings (till nightfall) and weekends Culture of, "You're only as good as your last week" Micro-managed Difficult "sell" Ultimately blamed for things not your fault No sense of satisfaction when you do well

3.0
May 19, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I used to work for BASES, a division of Nielsen. BASES was unique and wonderful. Smart, kind, and motivated people.

Cons

The direction since the Private Equity takeover was a disaster. Mitchell Habib & Co treated everyone like their jobs were flipping burgers and have since lost talent that will take years to rebuild.

1.0
Apr 16, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Absolutley nothing. Which is a tragedy, because Nielsen was once an absolutely great place to work. I wanted to retire here. The culture used to be great, and I really loved being a part of this place. I loved my team, my management, and the people. Then along came the current CEO who is the classic example of a person who knows the cost of everything, but the value of nothing. He took over and ran the company full speed ahead in to the iceberg. And to try and save the sinking ship, he laid off literally thousands of highly experienced, highly trained, and highly engaged people to replace them with fresh overseas hires who know nothing about the company and expect them to be trained from the ground up to replace literally centuries of collective expererience and client relations. It's a disaster. This CEO shouldn't be trusted to run a lemonade stand.

Cons

Everything. Pay, job security, culture, management. Nothing is good here anymore. Don't take a job here unless you are truly desperate. And even then, it should only be as a stop-gap until you can find something else.

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