I'd like to know if those in charge actually know how the employees feel. Do they even realize that we've reached the point where morale is at rock bottom? And if they do know, do they even give a damn about turning things around and boosting the company's vibe?
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It seems like higher ups seem to just say what they want to be heard, and not the truth. Lower lying employees are taken advantage of and the delegation has gotten to the point where even the best employees are completely overwhelmed and exhausted, and feeling unappreciated and starting to look elsewhere [speaking for myself and a few others on my team]. TAM in particular seems to be a revolving door with this company, and leaders fail to acknowledge the boat is sinking as they get onto the life boats.
I started in the business in the mid 90s right out of college. While most of my years were at Nielsen, I did work for a few other companies before arriving at Nielsen pre 9/11 years. At that time after college, I had also worked at cutthroat companies (ad agencies/tv companies, digital) in which everyone just covered their ar-e and tried to get ahead no matter how unethical So this has been going on at companies from the dawn of time. Just accept it, sadly.
Funny enough, when I got to Nielsen my intent was to just stay a couple of years and move on - knowing that I wasn't making great money at the time. But back then the company was such a wonderful place to be. I had a beautiful NYC office (and I wasn't even in mgt), pretty much unchecked Amex card for clients, total freedom to come and go from the office as needed, super great colleagues/managers. It was very common back then for us to take trips all over the country to visit other Nielsen offices/mgt, especially Florida. And when we went down to Florida, we were greeted/treated like Kings/Queens. Great dinners, boat cruises, lots of drinks. Lol. Great times in the business. But that all changed in 2007 when Calhoun, Habib and company came over via private equity from GE. I'm so, so glad I got my walking papers a few years ago.
as a manager still at nielsen (low level manager) i can tell you we are being told to shut up & be positive. no one higher up wants to work on problems or issues. it feels like it’s save your own a-s time. managers told to not talk to each other about negative viewpoints (and even asking a question or being confused is seen as negative). some of us have taken to private phones to talk. we aren’t being told anything. some teams and departments still have no real bosses. and then we are told to take training on how to be the best boss we can be to build our teams up & make them happy. then we’re told no raises this year. this is pathological.
As someone in the know, I can answer your question... The higher-ups are watching their own as--s at this point. There is zero regard for yours. Sorry, but fact.
The people in charge do not care about you. They have contempt for the little people.
I was laid off by Nielsen in January and in hindsight I feel I was lucky. I managed to find a new role relatively easily and the market (at least for Data Science) has deteriorated significantly since then.