Is anyone worried that Nielsen will have layoffs in the near future because of the plunging stock price? They seem to be pinching pennies more thN usual.
Diversity and Inclusive
David Kenny,,,,,,,Thank you so much for your town hall in Tampa during the day that concluded into the beginning of the week with fun and festivities that did not include staff , Audio and Scarborough.........as usual we are not inclusive as this... — read more
COVID19 / Master Thread for Corona Virus and Nielsen
Comments??? So many unknowns…
How many people work at Nielsen?
What's your guess on how many employees the company will have before the end of the year? How about the overall headcount? And headcount at NYC?
COO/ CFO Resigned effective 12/31
He has no replacement yet. Is this not odd?
The #proudtobeNielsen hashtag feels like a huge reach
I am both amused and annoyed by this hashtag. The stock price has absolutely plummeted, I've had a lot of former colleagues lose jobs, have known a lot of people to get spun off into companies that bought business units from Nielsen, and people I... — read more
Nielsen Layoffs 2020
Share any updates you may have about Nielsen Layoffs 2020? Any news or rumors?
Nielsen Scarborough Tampa
So we all know big business in this company is because of Scarborough Research. So explain why the staff at this part of the company which is mostly part time still treated like we are a not part of Nielsen Corporate. We work nights and no... — read more
HRBP SAYS NIELSEN DOESN'T GIVE SEVERANCE PAY!
And to apply for unemployment if you get terminated! Anyone hear anything different?
Columbia - Maryland RIF/LAYOFF ongoing in September 2019
Peoples have been informed of termination in the Maryland office. Do not knows the total number.
Diversity hiring quotas put in place on Sept. 9th; will layoff quotas be far behind?
They seek to divide us so we distrust each other while leadership robs us of our time.
Bahamas Dorian
Nielsen US has stepped up as a global partner what are we doing to help the Bahamas. Give your employees guidance and we will help. They are 50 miles of our shores in Florida and our greatest allies. USA has stepped up what are we doing David Kenny?... — read more
Shareholders get raises workers do not
Look at history of raises the shareholders got. Compare it to average worker raise at NLSN. https://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/nlsn/dividend-history Only stakeholder NLSN cares for is wall street. The numbers tell the story.
Tampa
Every day more folks being brought back to Tampa. Great coworkers. Smart resilient and trust worthy. Bring back US jobs and we can save this company. I see it every day.
Silence before the storm?
Any latest news with anyone?
Where are we headed?
Nielsen is on a hiring spree for the IT department and they're really good talented folks now. They're rebranding. But at the same time, stocks are plummeting and it's on the verge of getting sold. What is the future like ?
Nielsen Scarborough Tampa
Senior management needs to review how staff is treated here. Research Interviewers are under extreme pressure. If you do not commit to additional hours you are being held accountable. These are part time positions with no full benefits. Index... — read more
New York Post Article July 30: Nielsen selling for parts.
I read an article stating no one will buy Nielsen for $17B which includes about $8 B of debt so they will sell for parts https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2019/07/30/nielsen-open-to-selling-itself-in-pieces-as-auction-proves-a-bust/amp/
Severance
Does anyone know if Nielsen still provides severance? A friend of my husband was let go after 6 years but was told to file for unemployment.
Nielsen is backwards regarding technology
Many people don't want to carry a pager looking thing now that they're all bracelets. Smart watches etc. The company is dying and they keep acquiring other companies for what? It's actually best for it to be bought for parts because it's not getting... — read more
Membership Rep
Does anyone know what's planned in the US. I've been told it's organizational changes but we won't be fired. We however keep paying for the Buy side. I don't trust it for a second. Does anyone remember what Nielsen did to Arbitron Rep? Dying to know... — read more
Massive cull coming
My spouse works there in a function that knows these things. Massive budget cuts and layoffs occurring soon.
IDC to be cut
Just heard IDC will be taking a 50% cut in staff in February in the BUY division - about 400 people so as you can imagine its not a good place to work at the moment so many good people have left IDC is bloated and too many old-timers who have spent... — read more
Oxford Today 09.01.19
Just been given a notice that my role may be redundant - I work in Global Reports Centre and with the IDC - once again good workers are targetted - I have 2 kids and a mortgage and have been here just over 3 years - not impressed as all my work has... — read more
Nielsen Completes Acquisition of Ebiquity's Ad Intel Business
Ebiquity will see 75% staff reduction no later than Q2
Poland Super Hub
The plan for a Super Hub in Poland - to cut costs Its up and running - some good people I have just been doing training and was asked ; 1) What does FMCG stand for? 2) What is an ASCII file? To be honest our service will suffer if we employee... — read more
Christmas 2018
Things are so bad that the main campus in Oldsmar had their annual Christmas celebration and by the time the night time Scarborough and Audio part time people got there all the food and water was gone. It was pathetic. So about 130 people had dirty... — read more
ATTN: FLORIDA COLLEGE STUDENTS BEING RECRUITED BY NIELSEN
THE COMPANY IS MANAGED BY INEXPERIENCED PEOPLE WHO HIRE INEXPERIENCED PEOPLE DIFFICULT TO GAIN GOOD EXPERIENCE HERE. MANY MANAGERS THINK THEY ARE GOOD BECAUSE THEY TREAT EMPLOYEES BADLY. RAISES ONLY COME EVERY FEW YEARS. NOT ANNUALLY LIKE MOST... — read more
Drip by drip redundancy at Nielsen
Its drip by drip on Redundancy - a small amount of employees leave each week from the major site I work from - this has been happening for weeks Also company is not telling the truth - Blaming GDPR on financial results - this is not true as most BUY... — read more
Nielsen Layoffs 2019
Post any information about potential or actual Nielsen Layoffs in 2019?
Diversity is our strength
Unless you mean the strength of the stock price. Nielsen implemented "Diversity" at same time stock started the downward cycle. Coincidence?!?
H1B abuse at Nielsen
Here is the email to report ReportH1BAbuse@uscis.dhs.gov
700+ Laid off by Nielsen in Florida
Here is the WARN notice... State of Florida - WARN Notice Company Name: Nielsen Number of Laid off Employees: 724 Address 1: Address 2: Statewide City: Statewide, FL WARN Notice Date: Mon 03/26/2018 Layoff From: Thu 05/24/2018 Layoff To: Sat... — read more
Strategic review of BUY org; CEO resigns
Strategic review Means more Layoff.Nielsen had same strategy for 11 years.Private equity partnership Is Involved; means deepest cuts.
GE [model for Nielsen] is no longer a DOW component and stock price < $14 from high of $60
You can get a glimpse of Nielsen's future from GE's current state.
Nielsen Leadership Guide
X - ACT IN FEAR OF YOUR SUPERIORS X - CREATE FEARFUL ENVIRONMENT FOR SUBORDINATES X - ALWAYS SAY YES TO EVERYTHING X - SUBORDINATES ARE TO BE TREATED AS INDENTURED SERVANT X - SUBORDINATES ARE TO BLAME FOR ALL LEADERSHIP MISTAKES
Save your job - start a union
The grass isn't greener elsewhere. Every company is pulling this crap now. They are booting out invaluable employees for short term gains while sending the company down the gutter in the long term. Your boss won't save you or your position. Organize... — read more
June 2018
More redundancy - this company is going down the pan. IRI are winning big in USA and Nielsen are too expensive for most only the very large companies can afford them. Its all about cost cutting and strategy is very weak - layer upon layer of... — read more
Global cull of colleagues
Big number of people losing their jobs globally. In western Europe many good and very experienced people losing their jobs to pay for the mismanagement of those at the top in the US. Seems like the company is run to make share holders and the short... — read more
Consistent
Layoffs have been occurring at Nielsen consistently at the end of every quarter since 2015. US Buy hasn’t bounced back and they need funds to move forward with the connected system. This means cutting jobs and salaries, replacing what they have with... — read more