Elliott made a play at $1.2 billion new debt at over 10% interest nielsen has to pay. New debt mean more ways to cut cost to show profit. Sign Elliott is ready to cash out and move on. When do we think the IPO will be?

SMP was the new legacy free modern vision for panels. SMP was started with USA IT peeps. SMP got rid of the USA peeps and used TCS replacement peeps. SMP got rid of the TCS peeps and used GCC replacement peeps. SMP released and failed. SMP got rid of... — read more 

Doing more with less was the theme. Even though there has been revenue and profit growth every quarter they expect more restructuring for layoffs in the US. Budgets will still be tight. They will be focusing on hiring more in call center work in... — read more 

New email from Tina Wilson, did anybody understand? Is it over for all other countries? When will they close them?

So, how are the results?

If you care about teamwork or learning from mistakes, you’re out of luck. Every misstep is punished to an unrealistic degree, and teamwork just means setting people up to fail. Micromanagement and constant corrective action have replaced culture... — read more 

what wonders private equity does for a company. the IPO is a failure will employees be let go?

Tell us.... What are you and others doing to help address the NFL and other network complaints? How are you addressing their accusations that Nielsen is "undercounting millions of viewers"?!... — read more 

I’m a boomerang and I’m proud of it. I left Nielsen thinking that there were greener pastures elsewhere but learned that corporate life everywhere is just a mess. I had gone to a competitor of Nielsen and the turmoil there is significantly worse... — read more 

The GCCs are lost. Modifications made without do-diligence and audience estimates are dropping listening events. Processes won't complete without errors. They don't know what is wrong so blame legacy development. Rao and Kenny are proud of their... — read more 

so yeah, no more oldsmar campus. they're closing out remaining departments and moving to maryland. just got 2 weeks notice.

Shocked that it's live

Run while you still have options.

The Gauge is god--awful https://thedesk.net/2025/09/nielsen-adjust-paramount-viewership/

This is what happens... for Nielsen it will be slower since there is no customer facing product but the end result will be there nonetheless... BTW, did you ever trust David Kenny, his only job while you were bursting your a-s was to sell the... — read more 

I have just downloaded their sustainability report. Page 27 has some interesting figures on human capital especially those on staff and staff location and turnover. Also, the way they talk about the Voice Survey from last year like a big success... — read more 

ESPN, Fox execs publicly question Nielsen’s YouTube numbers! The official numbers for the YouTube stream of Friday night’s Chiefs-Chargers game were disappointing. And there’s a good chance they’re not entirely accurate. A pair of execs from ESPN... — read more 

Those of us still hanging on to the sinking ledge with the few fingers we have left, the Voice Survey is available. Please be very brutal about this company but of course be honest. Don't make it up. They really need to hear how terrible moral is... — read more 

Michael Mulvihill of Fox says that “Nielsen’s measurement of YouTube NFL game from last Friday will not be made available to other Nielsen clients.” He calls it “a flagrant departure from Nielsen’s history of transparency and a slap in the face to... — read more 

No comments here yet 👀 https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/nielsen-tv-ratings-need-more-time-streaming-1236504233/

I came here thinking it would open doors, but it’s been a grind with no real connection to leadership. Fear runs the place, and playing politics seems more important than doing good work. I’m already planning my next move out of here.

I really dislike the tone of the RTO discussion in the AM Town Hall this morning. Doesn't Nielsen management know that Nielsen will lose high-performing employees to companies that allow working from home? I think it is already... — read more 

NFL takes aim at Nielsen ratings: ‘There are millions of viewers they are systematically undercounting’ The NFL thinks the Nielsen ratings are sc--wing them out of millions of viewers! I guess that is what you get when you fire your most... — read more 

It used to deserve your full effort, but the current leadership treats employees with zero respect, and that’s exactly how much they deserve back.

I started with Nielsen in the early 2000's and at that time they had a retirement annuity program vis Fidelity. Dave Calhoun was quick to end that bad boy asap once he raided the place in 2006. I'm long gone from Nielsen but I still have this small... — read more 

Does anyone know if there will be more TAM Layoffs coming now that everyone's been given a new title?

I heard that Nielsen once again is going cheap and has further cut severance payout calculations. Where you used to get 1.5 weeks per year of service, they had cut that to 1 week per year. Have they cut that even more? Capped it after a certain... — read more 

Question for some of the smarter folks in the crowd. Nielsen has an automated system employees can use for employment verification, called The Work Number. My question is, is it legal for Nielsen to list a current employee’s employment status as... — read more 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/jury-hands-nielsen-a-loss-but-tv-measurement-battle-continues-aa7e9303

FYI... The Rebel Alliance is alive and well....:)

Welp, the investor geniuses' IPO is a bust. Stocks like FIGMA take off after their IPO. NIQ stock is drooping like Rao's di*k after a 3 day coke binge. Ki-ling the company and dumping its corpse on the retail investor doesn't work like it used to... — read more 

I see a lot of pretty good jobs available. I've been gone for a long time but always interesting to see what the pay scale is vs. when I worked for the company. I was grossly underpaid for many years and apparently never really knew it. Lol My... — read more 

Is there news on MRC audits since move to GCC? Quality is not good so accreditation is risk.

Either the company is dead or people don't care anymore since there hasn't been any posts here recently.

Anyone laid off told they would loae severance if they started a new job before the last check was issued? Anyone recently told they can seek new employment and still collect their severance pay? Anyone still have an unresolved S**call harassment... — read more 

Has Nielsen set a final date for when they will finish firing all remaining US workers and replace them with cheat Mexican, Polish and Indian workers?

What do you restructure when there is nothing left?...thoughts?

"AI could lead to job losses if the world runs out of new ideas, but he believes that technological advancements will lead to an abundance of ideas and opportunities for a better future." Are we at Nielsen creating new ideas and opportunities for a... — read more