The Nielsen Company Reviews

Former Employee – worked at The Nielsen Company full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – If you love working in expositions and enjoy sales and the end result of events and digital media then Nielsen is good. Nielsen offers great shows. Good pay and comm.

Cons – Upper level leadership is poor and doesnt recognize individual talent but talent based on the overall sucess of an individual property. They outsource everything to India so it's hard to get real issues fixed. They limit professional growth. They dont invest into buying expositions and they dont invest into existing properties. It is what it is, sink or swim.

Advice to Senior Management – Bring jobs back to the U.S. Invest into buying other shows, create a path for individual achievement and growth, recognize true talent and most of all value your employees and support a faternity atmosphere of belonging.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at The Nielsen Company full-time

Pros – strong international presence with diverse media and marketing measurement services

Cons – removed remote and aloof HQ leadership

Former Employee – worked at The Nielsen Company full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – flexible hours. encouraged to work at home

Cons – everyone talks no one every listens. getting anything done is like eating peas with chop sticks

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at The Nielsen Company full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – - You get benefits
- You get to put Nielsen on your resume

Cons – - They underpay by ~20% because you get to put Nielsen on your resume
- Your job will probably eventually be offshored
- They do not care about retention
- Most executives are men
- Most of the offerings are out of date and they are very slow with innovation (which doesn't even appear to be a priority)
- HR is horrific

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at The Nielsen Company full-time

Pros – Great for beginners and those willing to sacrifice life for work.

Cons – too few opportunities to grow in the U.S. Outsourcing and budget cuts. Top heavy and political. Boys club in many areas.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at The Nielsen Company full-time for more than a year

Pros – Everyone there was extremely friendly and courteous. We had access to tons of market research data from various other departments and endless learning tools, both online and classroom types. Most managers were great and easy to work with, plus the "Nielsen" name carries tremendous weight in the market research world and is an exceptional resume builder.

Cons – Time to time, the hours you've to put in were rough, and were not justified by the salary. Also, Nielsen paid next to nothing to help with further education (eg. mba). Finally, a lot of entry level & junior associates were asked to share desks (though large), but we literally got no privacy.

Advice to Senior Management – n/a

– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at The Nielsen Company full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – The work I do I enjoy

Cons – Upper management is out of touch with the "worker bees"

Advice to Senior Management – spend a day in our jobs

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at The Nielsen Company full-time for more than a year

Pros – The ability to work remotely.

Cons – There is no training in place to educate new hires, you are basically thrown into projects and expected to keep up
This company has one of the most insecure/short sighted managers, nobody is capable of looking at the Big Picture and motivate the team, most of them lead teams with a culture of fear.
Senior Mgmt has the same team from 10 -15 years and they get to play musical chairs, no room for anyone else.
The experienced folks in this company are holding this company afloat until the new grads take over and more work is outsourced to TCS

Advice to Senior Management – You are losing experienced employees, time to take action is NOW

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at The Nielsen Company full-time for less than a year

Pros – Focused on employee well-being, health, and personal growth and achievement.
Great pay and travel opportunities.
Dedicated to ethics and a professional, friendly environment.
Trust, respect, and open environment for employees to establish their own ideas and initiatives to help the business and the workplace.
Invested in the ability, utilities, software, and equipment for employees to accurately and effectively perform job objectives.
Strong objective on fulfilling client requests with a high level of detail and commitment.

Cons – Department structure requires a high level of communication for varied job tasks.
Inability to talk to family and friends about the awesome clients you encounter and projects you're working on.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to keep your employees happy and focused on career objectives. It's a great company with a great work environment, and the output reflects Nielsen's direct investments and concerns for the well-being and commitment of its employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at The Nielsen Company full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Biggest player in industry, brand carries with clients and a lock on TV ratings does not hurt

Cons – The senior management team seems to want nothing to do with the employees, and I can't say I have ever seen the people like the CEO or CFO in the NY headquarters office more than a handful of times over numverous years. Products are a complete mess with half started projects that fall by the wayside for whatever is new and the leadership of business groups seem at odds with one another when not managing to their bonus target. Hyper political.

Advice to Senior Management – The amount of fear is evident. Are you proud of this?

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend