Nelson reviews

3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(133 total reviews)
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Steve Brown

74% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Nelson has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 133 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Nelson employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Mídia e comunicação industry (3.7 stars).

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133 reviews
1.0
Nov 13, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Christmas week off and half day summer Fridays (although this was reduced significantly a couple of years ago). Some staff outside of Finance are great people and lovely to work with - sadly though their life/personality get sucked out of them the longer they work here.

Cons

Do yourself a favor and AVOID this company at all costs! If you are looking for respect, career growth, professionalism in the workshop, equality, work life balance, ability to think for yourself, or transparency in communication, this is not the place for you. Working in the finance team at this company has been the worst experience in my career. Kevin Ha is leading this department and is by far the worst manager/leader you could ever meet. He sets you up for failure; he will say one thing to your face but always have a hidden agenda in the background. He makes you believe that you have career growth opportunities, and autonomy in your work; however, will not listen to ideas unless they are the same as his own. He will be upset if you want to think for yourself and truly expects you to be a monkey and follow his instructions. At times, even following his instructions, it will not be good enough. Time and time again, he will attack your self-esteem, make you question your self-worth, and not have a care in the world about this (or is oblivious to this at all). He will pride himself in his leadership skills however no one on his immediate team has ever liked working for him. He will throw you under the bus in a heartbeat if that means he will not look bad in front of the executive leadership. In addition, due to his narrow minded thinking and lack of knowledge – he will ask for impossible requests and will be upset if you don't deliver. Irrespective of appropriate communication regarding the challenges faced, he will ignore all of it yet pretend he knows what you're talking about. Needless to say, if there was an award for Horrible Boss of the year, the award would go to Kevin Ha. Please save yourself from future pain.

5.0
Apr 23, 2018

Changing the Industry

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people. A dynamic environment. The new CEO has brought in vision and strategic direction. I have been in education for many years and it is very invigorating to be working for a company re-envisioning the experience for students and educators.

Cons

Lots of hard work but also a lot of fun if you are up for it.

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Thank you for sharing your insight. We are always listening and looking for ways to do and make things better.
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