Low pay, but interesting work and people - Survey Writer Nielsen Employee Review

4.0
May 13, 2011
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Pros

The hours worked well for me, since I started at 2 pm and worked until finished. The work was interesting and the people very diverse. Job involved writing questions about UK programming so it was a change from US TV. The editors were always positive in their critiques and there was opportunity to advance if you could work the hours.

Cons

The pay was low. At times if we were short-staffed, there was a high volume and a short- turnaround time, but since we were hourly we were paid for it. There was no real opportunity to hold a job in regular working hours and little chance for full-time work. No benefits for part-time work.

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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
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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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