Pros
Nielsen is a fully remote, global company. You get the opportunity to work with cross-functional teams in over 45 different countries. Extremely precious and valuable data and insights surround you and you're challenged to solve problems for the world's biggest advertisers and media sellers.
Cons
The company went under private equity ownership in late 2022. As a result, 2023 was a year filled with restructuring, cost cutting, layoffs, and no raises, promotions or travel. Over the course of 2024, the company will be laying off and offshoring the vast majority of its US workforce to low cost labor markets. In the US, Nielsen's pay is roughly 25-30% below market value depending on the position. Many employees have historically stayed at Nielsen for many years because they've been given growth opportunities and autonomy to tackle really interesting business problems. But with the private equity ownership and mass layoffs and offshoring, growth opportunities have fizzled and there is a lot of pressure to prove you're making an impact and should remain employed. I would advise against joining Nielsen for the next couple years as the business remains very unstable. And as with many PE buyouts, the company will likely soon get resold or broken up into pieces and divested.