The Nielsen Company Employer Reviews

Good opportunity to grow professionally and help other to get on track of the market. Good place to have opportunity on learning how to manage new project from beginning to end.

If you haven't heard of The Nielsen Company, you've probably lived your life under a rock. They are a very widely expanding company that has a lot of potential...If you can deal with the fact that entry-level positions are supplemental. It is a call-center environment, but it is much more casual. This is NOT like telemarketing where if you don't sell – more...  - you're out. They are willing to work with you if you are struggling...Which I think is admirable. All in all its a great second job unless you are higher up in the company. If you can stick it out and deal with smaller paychecks, you will reap the rewards! – less

Greatly improved my PowerPoint and Excel skills. Proper training provided to gain full understanding of the business.

Didn't particularly find the environment comfortable for an African (may be just my personal experience).

Career advancement is not based on performance, education or experience

A typical day at work was altering contract language and instituting amendments/addendums to existing contracts; editing contracts for contractual legal clauses; tracking letters of assignment for ownership changes by checking the FCC website; ensuring compliance of rules and reguations for service bureau contracts; incorporating data into various systems; – more...  liasion for invoicing issues and contractual rate terms between marketing and billing/collections; instituting special reports and special projects upon request; and training new employees in the department.

I learned so much about contractual terms, billing and collections, assignments of companies in reference to ownership, service bureau contracts, and how commercial time was implemented and sold for the various shows on television.

Management was tolerable.

My co-workers were a diverse group of people, and we socialized often in the scope of and outside of work.

I didn't find any part of my job to be hard; just interesting; every phase of my job was a learning experience.

The most enjoyable part of my job was being able to take various work-related classes at the expense of the company, and the wonderful benefits, such as education reimbursement. – less

Calling on Home Owners without appointments to represent the Nielsen Media Research Television Ratings throughout the day.

I learned the value of influencing people as a marketing representative without a formal invitation to meeting. I also learned that various styles of marketing and presentation work for each demographic.

Management was often done – more...  remotely, and there wasn't a major level of support or training.

Co-Workers were all excellent people, but since we were constantly in the field there wasn't a chance for us to learn from one-another.

The hardest part of the job was you worked until your assignment for that month was completed. This meant that there were often times where you worked 7 days a week in order to fulfill your goals. The Work-Life Balance was awful.

The most enjoyable part of the job was the people I worked with. – less

I've been with Nielsen since 2000, and I've had the opportunity to work within the business, as well as in Human Resources. The various roles I've been challenged with demonstrate the movement that is possible at Nielsen.

I have been here for nearly two years at this point. I have a good team filled with friendly and intelligent individuals. My superiors have shown good interest in helping me grow and advance within the company.

Typical workdays are 9-6PM, which is great for New York City. My boss has always been understanding if some sort of personal obligation comes – more...  up and I need to take time off.

The biggest drawback is the greater environment on my floor. I've enjoyed working on my team quite a bit, but the greater social landscape leaves something to be desired. It is extremely quiet, and there is very little human interaction from desk-to-desk. If you don't have to work directly with somebody, there's a good chance that you will never speak to them.

Integration across different sectors of Nielsen is unsatisfactory. I have not gained much exposure to alternative Nielsen products that I don't directly have to work with. I am also learning very little about what other people within my particular group get to work with on a daily basis. – less

cutting edge technology, great management team, great place to learn

I was given the freedom to build and manage my division. A virtual workplace is integrated in the culture. My manager did not micro manage and provided me with the resources I needed to do my job. Co-workers are respectful and fun. The hardest part of my job was crunching numbers. The most enjoyable part of the job was growing spend with diverse suppliers.

Fun and very functional work environment with lots of overtime and teamwork involvement.
Management is not that good. There is a very high turnover rate after the first year, lots of lay offs and unfair performance reviews.

Large corporation that invests in developing its employees by providing training, development workshops, and a friendly work environment propitious for learning and gaining experience.

Looking forward for some new changes
Excellent team leaders
Excellent rapport with employees

had real good technical stuff to do..work life balance was good.Management was very good

Many of the positions are client facing which can be very demanding, but you get an opportunity to work on interesting projects.

It was a nice experience, but it was very unorganized. The whole time I was there I did not know who my superiors were, they changed team leaders every week and sometimes we didnt have one. Fun environment

It took me three tries to get my foot in the door at the corporate office. I recommend working for Nielsen. The management team was focused on helping your professional growth and the amount of intellect in the building was top notch. My co-workers had me laughing quite often as well. You were held accountable for your results, but it wasn't over the – more...  top. If you pride yourself in attention to details and can tolerate a sit down job, this is it. Be prepared for plenty of opportunities to eat sweets. The one good and bad thing for the company, no one wants to leave. So if you start from the bottom to work your way up, you could be waiting awhile. – less

The field positions are very time consuming. All in all it's a pretty good company to work for. All raises, bonus, and promotions are performance based

Not what I expected considering the size and the reputation of the company.

Alot of work to juggle. in home work was easiest, and it takes over a year for the best of employees to get a good handle on how to do it efficently. the extra work put on from "layoffs" and "improved work tools" just as many hours at wo