Vantaggi
Arbitron WAS a great company. They set up employee outings and team building exercises. Benefits were out of this world. 401k and profit share was good. Moral was usually high and everyone at Arbitron treated one another like family. All of my star ratings and approval for the CEO are all for Arbitron.
Svantaggi
Once the "merger" began with Nielsen everything went down hill. People became distant and secretive. You never knew what was going to happen next. Although the Nielsen staff ensured that everyone would be kept in the lope with all the changes that would be happening within the company; things seemed to pan out a little different. When the day came for layoffs to happen you were basically treated like a contestant on American Idol. You were taken into a room and told whether you were staying or going and never given a reason for why you were one of the 600 let go. After everything was changed to Nielsen you no longer felt like an employee. But rather just another "associate."