Toxic leadership and frequent layoff - Product Manager Nielsen Employee Review

1.0
10 Sept 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Global brand name looks good on the resume. - Exposure to international processes and clients

Cons

- Toxic culture with frequent layoffs, even for employees with 10–15+ years of service - Leadership lacks real leadership skills; VPs hold no authority and only follow SVPs’ instructions - Toxic Indian management behaves like short-sighted startup leaders, focused more on politics and cost-cutting than employee welfare - Employees recruited by the old leadership team were let go unfairly after management reshuffles - Heavy bias toward top-tier colleges, ignoring skilled talent from other institutes - Employee welfare and career growth are not priorities; morale is consistently low.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

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Cons

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