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      Nielsen reviews

      3.0

      39% would recommend to a friend

      (8,200 total reviews)

      David Kenny

      41% approve of CEO

      32% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Nielsen has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 8,200 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
      Jan 28, 2015

      Current co-workers are anxious to leave and former fellow employees are happy they did.

      Field representative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Some perks for the field - car, laptop, internet, phone, holidays. Semi - autonomous work, can set own schedule 50% - 75% of the time. Work from home.

      Cons

      Employees are viewed as commodities with little to no regard to personal life. Employees are incessantly rated against each other every workday, week, month and quarter. Nights and weekends are spent worrying over your performance for the past and future. On top of this, bonuses have been pared back 20-30% and part time help has been eliminated for those in the field - an ever increasing workload. If you like being a number and treated as such, Nielsen is the company. Money quotes from an upper management person during a conference (when confronted with all the negative sentiment from the field): "I am just trying to survive myself" and "I would advice everyone to keep their resume up to date".

      5.0
      Dec 7, 2014

      Total autonomy

      Field representative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Given freedom to work from home set schedule. If your self motivated and organized you will do well.

      Cons

      6 week training does little to prep for daily work tasks and pressures.

      2.0
      Nov 10, 2014

      Bottom line focus leads to short-term thinking and poor results

      Vice president of marketing
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Nielsen is still perceived as the gold standard in the media research space and can be a big draw on your resume.

      Cons

      I worked at Nielsen through their transition back to being a public company, and the company was driven by a short-term obsession over cutting costs that lead to decisions that made no sense - like using an English-language site to recruit panelists in Japan to save a few bucks. Over time this made the work environment unbearable as people were pressured to meet unrealistic goals. Out of my team of 12 people there are currently 2 still working at Nielsen.

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