Many departments in the U.S. were hit hard with the first round of layoffs; some were were gone within an hour of communication, some were given extended last day.
Adding to the layoff issues is the reorganization of Nielsen; associates are being moved to new leaders either permanently or on a temporary basis until senior leaders figure it out.
Nielsen is historically poor at internal communication and end-to-end planning; the reorganization and layoffs situation has been no different.
The associates that were not impacted are being asked to move forward and go back to a business as usual mentality.
Senior Leaders concerned about their own job security are rolling out “All Boots On the Ground, everyone will have to pick up more assignments “ speeches.
Hourly associates are being told that there is no approved overtime.
Salaried associates are being asked to give up their days off.
Someone will crack, deadlines will be missed and eventually all the U. S. work will move offshore.