Who is going to save this company ? - Systems Administrator Nielsen Employee Review

2.0
15 June 2008
Recommend
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Pros

It is a different company after private equity vultures took over the company. Morale was really low when I quit and is much worse now. There are lots of discussions about Nielsen by the current employees at the topix blog. moving those discussions here will be more helpful.

Cons

Right now, due to the outsourcing and overall mismanagement by the executives there is no reason for any one to continue to work at Nielsen. Two years of outsourcing to India has created a xenophobic attitude among the current employees and it will be hard for any one new to work there.

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5.0
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Pros

Was a great job with great benefits

Cons

No cons at all honestly

1.0
16 Apr 2026
Recommend
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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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