The Nielsen Company Reviews in Sydney, Australia Area

Pros

Ability to grow within the company. Global Reach. Industry Best. Great people

Cons

Private Equity. Outsourced many departments. Reduced Staff. Long hours.

Advice to Senior Management

Currenty it appears senior leadership is benifiting from companies cost cutting measures. Big disconnect between How Senior leaders are profiting vs the workers.

Pros

Global opportunities and absolutely wonderful people work in the company. They also encourage you to move around within that local office or globally.

Cons

Very political and too much red tape. Also, at the moment, is too much change and not enough proof of long term thinking which is causing low morale.

Advice to Senior Management

They need to spend more time on the ground to truely understand what is happening with the company. Reward people for doing a great job. Cutting out the chirstmas party was a bad move especially when no bonuses, or pay rises came after. They need to understand the employees better and bring it back to the personalized touch that it had a few years ago. Now, comes across as a cold uncaring place.

Pros

The people are one of the best reasons to work for this company. I have never met more intelligent and nicer people in another company.
The job itself is also quite good - interesting work and allows for autonomy. which is great. The work/life balance within this company is encouraged and has been evident with flexibilty when needed.

Cons

The employee morale within this company has been on a steady decline since I joined and is now probably lower than it has been over the last few years. The lack of recognition of employees who are not senior management is apparent here and every move to better your career is a battle. more money = batte; promotion = battle, the constant "even though you have exceeded expectations, money/promotion not this time,,,,sorry" is frustrating, esp after several years of excelling performance reviews.
The company is great for junior level employees and senior. For anyone in between, not as lucky.

Also, the pay does not match competitor companies.

Advice to Senior Management

Need to retain good staff. At the end of the day the costs & time associated with recruiting, training, etc is much higher than just giving someone a small payrise or some sort of recognition. Just remember that a pat on the back does not pay people's bills