Pros
The Nielsen Company is an industry leader in market research. It is a good place to learn the ropes of the industry. The pay is not that bad for a new college graduate- however, if you are a mid career professional, the pay is not up to par with other companies.
Cons
The recent reorganizations are terrible, and employee morale is dropping. There is an ongoing battle between the technical employees and the client consultants. The technical analysts/modelers are generally supposed to do a lot of the coding and statistical modeling- behind the scenes type of duties. The client consultants are supposed to gather the needed information from the client and pass this information along to the analysts so that data can be modeled. They are also the direct contact to the client. The client consultants are constantly complaining to management that their jobs are too stressful because they must answer directly to the client and answer directly to client deadlines. Management even brought this fact up during a recent meeting and clearly sided with the client consultants. However, management does not realize that the analysts/modelers bear a great amount of stress also, because even though they are supposed to be more behind the scenese, they still have deadlines to meet and the pressure is intense. I have never once seen a deadline for the client not met- and this is due in large part to the intense hard work of the analysts making sure everything is completed on time. The demoralizing aspect of this is that there does not need to be a battle between analysts and consultants. Both sides of the business should realize that each works hard and both sides deal with incredible pressure. Instead, there is a constant complaining to management and squabbling going on. It is even more confusing than usual lately because many of the job duties are being shifted around and titles are being changed. Many people are very confused about their job responsibilities.