Typical Large Corporation - small cog in a giant wheel - Associate Applications Developer Nielsen Employee Review

2.0
Apr 15, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Best benefits package of any company I have ever worked or heard of. Advancement opportunities are there if you can hang in and overcome the cons. Encouraged learning and flexible work schedule IME. If you are a minority, veteran, female or any other subcategory there is a group for you. Also, excellent mental/physical health workshops are part of the day to day if the interests you or you have a need.

Cons

Entrenched contractors control all the work and are not keen on inducting, instructing, on-boarding or sharing the work with new directs. Low salary for comparable positions in the bay area. Not always clear direction and expectations. Inclusion is sometimes a PC lip service while a lot of employees are left feeling anything but.

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5.0
Apr 14, 2026
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Pros

Was a great job with great benefits

Cons

No cons at all honestly

1.0
Apr 16, 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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