Working at Nielsen in Schaumburg, IL: 4 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Schaumburg, IL Area

"I have worked for Nielsen for last 6+ years and definitely a great company with respect to its line of business, foot print and global coverage."

"Internal politics make salary raises very slow and promotions even slower, even when they were already offered to you."

What do you like about working at Nielsen?

"I love that I am able to work remotely from home."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure you understand the many different applications within Nielsen. Nielsen is represented through out the world and has many different applications, skills, cultures."

What don't you like about working at Nielsen?

"Communication is lacking, information does not trickle down from management. You usually find about by word of mouth."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Improve Communication, listen to your employees, surveys taken on how you feel about the company but nothing done with the negative feedback."

"Used to be a great place to work - but Exec Management focused on their dollars, not people"

What do you like about working at Nielsen?

"Some really great people to work with, challenging projects, opportunity to use your talents in a lot of different areas."

What don't you like about working at Nielsen?

"Short sighted action taking the long view. Cutting people with solid skills, in order to bring in higher level management resources that produce less. Outsourcing in order to save revenue but losing quality in process."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Realize that you can only cut so deep before the blood stops running. Nielsen used to be a great company to work for, now it's become a place where there is little to no camaraderie, everyone fears the next re-org and fewer people are happy in their jobs."