NielsenIQ Senior Research Associate salaries in India (Updated 2025)

Likes

They hired me with a good salary, great hike from my previous salary. Interview process was challenging, multiple rounds, but I was given proper clarity and feedback each time - One of the main reasons I chose to join here despite holding multiple competing offers. Business & Financials wise company looks so stable and always growing.

Dislikes

I was hired for a particular 'Vertical' - which was clumsy as hell, no proper process for anything - CI/CD, Security vulnerability scanning, Deployment process, Quality gates, Testers, Performance testing, etc., - Everything is available for namesake, but nothing implemented properly. Leadership wants to drive success by setting target numbers, Senior Managers plan for unrealistic goals, finally putting pressure on Senior & Junior Engineers. They expect a Senior Engineer to lead a project / module - thus managing a few people (3-6), attend a hell lot of meetings, work with incompetent Release Management team, Respond to production issues or incidents ASAP round the clock, and work for 10 points in a Sprint as per Agile. Agile is huge laugh - since priorities change left & right, Ad-Hoc changes are pulled right in the middle of sprints, and end of PI - you will be bashed in reviews if you do not complete the planned items for the PI. So obviously, Work life balance goes for a toss.

Likes

Nielseniq is such a good place to work, From here you learn so many things, Also Collegues and Seniors are very supportive for everyone.

Dislikes

Not specific, But I think they have to increase their salary budget for freshers level and also appraisal. Otherwise overall it's Excellent to work here.

Likes

Work Culture Learning Opportunities Encouraged to give your thoughts Recognition System like Bravo put in place Responsibility and Independent contribution are highly practiced WFH (Remote during Covid and not forcing to come to office) Flexible work hours

Dislikes

...Low Appraisal even on promotion No extra bonus Insurance provider is not good Appraisal done in Jan but Salary Raise done in July to add extra pressure throughout the year.

Likes

Excellent work culture. Flexible working hours. Great work-life balance. Very supportive and understanding team and colleagues. Seniors are approachable. Great place to work for freshers.

Dislikes

Up-skilling and career growth are not as expected Salary hike is not as expected

Likes

Nielseniq has a very good work culture with a really good people to work with, your talent and efforts are always appreciated in this organization.

Dislikes

The pay policy is very bad and the salary is very less compared to the work, and sometimes there are long working hours to do quite often.