08-20-2009, 07:39 PM | #1 |
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Should I work for the Nielsen Company?
I had a phone interview today and on Tuesday if I go to the meeting and make it through that, I will be sent to Oldsmar Florida for 8 weeks of training, being lodged and given a car while I am there. (I'll be coming to see you Ziroc!!). The Nielsen Company is the ones who put them boxes in peoples's homes to monitor their TV watching habits, and I am to be a bilingual installer. Skills in setting up equipment is the big requirement here. It pays $5,000 more than I currently make, has a car provided and funds for gas and maintenence. I would not have to move, since the job is close to home. It's a 7-day a week, on-call sort of job where I get told what hours I am to work, and on what days. There's bonuses every quarter for incentive to install correctly the first time. Everything seems dreamy.
However... I have done some internet research and there are tons of disgruntled employees, previous employees and people who started training but did not make it through. One website, glassdoor.com that ranks and reports on businesses shows a 30% approval rating of how the management performs, and overall satisfaction with the company seems too low to ignore. I have read maybe four websites and forums that are filled with negative input on Nielsen. My question...are they all full of hot air and no basis of actual truth? Does anybody here have personal experience with the company? Have you ever received an installation? How were the installers? If not Nielsen...then I don't know where. I am tired of where I work in a Contact Center, having no room for growth and no hiring of other departments because those departments have happy people who won't leave
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08-20-2009, 09:57 PM | #3 |
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Re: Should I work for the Nielsen Company?
Sorry, I forgot to say that the job pays $32,100. That's somewhat more than I make now.
Yes, I have been looking at government jobs too on their website. There's so many jobs on that site and takes a while to skim through. But I'm looking! Maybe I should post my resume on IW and see where that gets me. I'd move anywhere I need to.
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08-20-2009, 10:58 PM | #4 |
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Re: Should I work for the Nielsen Company?
When you meet on Tuesday, ask if you can talk to one of the other installers. Also, maybe you should mention your research and ask them to comment. See if they give you a believable answer or just squirm. An interview is a 2-way street, remember..
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08-23-2009, 11:18 PM | #5 |
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Re: Should I work for the Nielsen Company?
Well Larry, todays employment section had a 1/3 page add for Spanish bilingual employees at our local Nielsen.
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08-24-2009, 08:23 PM | #6 |
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Re: Should I work for the Nielsen Company?
Tomorrow is the interview and I have not decided on whether or not I should go. If I pass and head to Florida, I'd be there for two months and then come back home and begin work in an area about 30 minutes from where I live. There's some excitement to the job and some worry all together but overall I don't know if it is a good career move...more like something to do while looking for a real job in a career that is a real career.
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Re: Should I work for the Nielsen Company?
errrmmm Larry
Shouldn't this thread be in the form of a poll with multiple answer options?
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Good luck BTW
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Re: Should I work for the Nielsen Company?
Larry,
Just come up to Canada. We're nicer, have better health coverage, we're better looking and we're nicer too!
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