Nielsen Reviews

Pros

Great people, willingness to promote from within, opportunities for growth, flexible work environment

Cons

Nothing to share for cons

Pros

Flexibility in work hours Lots of health improvement programs Interesting work

Cons

After the recent purchase of the company by investors there were a lot of cut backs and layoffs, which was not surprising, but there is no slowing down. Employees that were retained are struggling to deal with all the added work with less resources. The company has way too many managers and it appears that more were added during the recent reorg's. This is causing a lot of micro-management. The amount of meetings each day is ridiculous and leaves little time to perform critical work.

Pros

They are not out to get you. Management is generally down-to-earth people who allow for a flexible schedule, which in turn, motivates me to do good work.

Cons

The desire to please end clients often leads to shortened timelines and therefore end products that are less than, or trivialized versions, of what they could be

Pros

- Solid design system and foundations to build off of - Some good design management still around - Design team is filled with good folks - Solid rebrand in '21

Cons

After private equity bought Nielsen in '22 they laid off about a third of the design staff and re-orged the company into silos. The design system became apart of one silo, which is exactly the opposite of it's intended goal. It's sad to see. I thought the SVP of design was building a really great team (apart from one bad apple) and plan for the organization. That plan seems to be fully lost now. I feel sad that the work I did on the design system will likely be implemented poorly or barely updated as design devolves to the whims of whatever product person is currently speaking. But, we tried. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Pros

Great People, Creative Ideas, Flexible Schedule, Meritocracy

Cons

Salaries Below Market. Difficult to understand market impact of internal work at times.

Pros

Good culture, wlb, remote work, flexible work hours

Cons

Relatively low pay, and none

Pros

Radio ratings side cares about its employees and does their best to provide support

Cons

High turnover of higher ups

Pros

- Nielsenites are smart, hard-working and resourceful. - It's awesome to work with teams across the globe. On any given day, I am on calls with people from 3-4 different continents. - The company work schedule is very flexible and fully remote. - You are surrounded by tons of cool insights and important data everyday.

Cons

- A Private Equity company purchased Nielsen in late 2022 and since then major cost-cutting initiatives have ensued - a massive reorg, layoffs, office closures, depreciation of key company communication tools, spending bans, hiring freezes, etc. - Everyone is now expected to do more with smaller teams, fewer tools or resources and expanded scopes (Nielsen loves a dry promotion). - Commercial teams at Nielsen stifle much innovation in favor of demanding product enhancements for quick sales vs long-term product success. - Product managers are sadly project managers at best. This is because there is hardly any scrum master or program management support for technology teams. - Pay is below the national average. - Unless you started at the company in an entry level role, it's difficult to onboard because there is zero training. - There are no standards for product managers. Each person's role and responsibilities are different based on the product or part of the org you're in. - Reporting lines and structures are really weird and inconsistent.

Pros

- Training - Exposure to marketing and research/analytics best practices - Opportunity to grow

Cons

- Company structure changes - Layoffs - Being such a large company and operation, has a hard time adjusting to keep up with the times in an industry that has more and more competition each year

Pros

Progression Big clients Friendly people

Cons

Busy Poor work life balance