A good stepping stone - Anonymous employee Nielsen Employee Review

3.0
Jul 9, 2009
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The research is interesting, if perhaps a little shaky. The Nielsen brand name, however, certainly opens doors going forward. The client mix is good, and it enjoys a good reputation.

Cons

The culture is rather cut-throat, and not even honestly so. They maintain a hire-divide-promote/fire-hire new management philosophy that cycles people through very quickly, all the while pretending to be nurturing to career growth. Criticism is generally "sink or swim". Those that excel are very talented and intelligent, but perhaps a little narrowly focused. Emphasis is on production, rather than problem solving for clients.

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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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