Bottom line focus leads to short-term thinking and poor results - Vice President of Marketing Nielsen Employee Review

2.0
10 Nov 2014
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Pros

Nielsen is still perceived as the gold standard in the media research space and can be a big draw on your resume.

Cons

I worked at Nielsen through their transition back to being a public company, and the company was driven by a short-term obsession over cutting costs that lead to decisions that made no sense - like using an English-language site to recruit panelists in Japan to save a few bucks. Over time this made the work environment unbearable as people were pressured to meet unrealistic goals. Out of my team of 12 people there are currently 2 still working at Nielsen.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Flexibility, nice people, good benefits

Cons

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