Nielsen – Disappointing. Nielsen is a data company and big data's time has come. But the company lacks the vision and fortitude to evolve its methods, systems, and people routinely rewarding and promoting those most damaging to its future and alienating the positive change agents it desperately needs | Comparably

Nielsen – Disappointing. Nielsen is a data company and big data's time has come. But the company lacks the vision and fortitude to evolve its methods, systems, and people routinely rewarding and promoting those most damaging to its future and alienating the positive change agents it desperately needs

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Disappointing. Nielsen is a data company and big data's time has come. But the company lacks the vision and fortitude to evolve its methods, systems, and people routinely rewarding and promoting those most damaging to its future and alienating the positive change agents it desperately needs

What is the best part about your compensation package?

base salary is competitive with benchmark companies

What does the leadership team need to get better at?

vision, understanding what leadership is and (hint: it's about more than hitting revenue targets), rewarding true leadership, and ridding the organization of its many incompetent senior personnel more than a few of whom routinely exhibit toxic behavior

What needs to change to make the company culture better?

Encouraging and rewarding innovation (current culture punishes it); aligning support functions against market-driven goals vs. current state of functional tyranny; clearing out incompetent senior managers and "survivors" who manage up well but often lack even basic managerial and leadership skills

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