2 rounds of lay offs in my 13 months there… - Director, Strategy Nielsen Employee Review

2.0
Nov 21, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Remote work, loved my team members

Cons

I was laid off after 13 months of being there and there were 2 lay offs in that time. The team I was hired to be on was completely dissolved within 6 months of me being there. New team had no direction after the first round of lay offs took out crucial roles for their daily functioning. Felt like I was hired to be laid off. Upper management I personally dealt with was very socially awkward and difficult to work with- this was not necessarily their fault but lack of emotional intelligence and basic sociability was rough to deal with in terms of communication. Also the health insurance is the worst I’ve ever had and Nielsen is by far the biggest company I’ve ever worked for.

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Pros

Was a great job with great benefits

Cons

No cons at all honestly

1.0
Apr 16, 2026
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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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