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Nielsen's outsourcing causes workers woe
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008, 19:30 IST
Mumbai: Nielsen, the provider of marketing information, audience measurement, and business media products and services, have invited more furore with the announcement of its plan to lay off 117 workers this month, at its largest technology centre in OLdsmar, Florida. The company has faced problems of displeasure, even during the outsourcing of work to Tata Consulatancy Services(TCS), under the $1.2 billion deal.
Nielsen's $100-million global technology centre in Oldsmar, which drew in the people to these high-wage jobs paying at least $52,000 The furore against Nielsen fuelled up with the announcement of it laying off 117 workers during the deal, of which TCS employed 50. However, later the number increased to 170. These kind of protests, against outsourcing to India, is an old problem. As may be seen that, U.S. H-1B programme has always been under scrutiny.
This grave picture of workers , which even fumed on You Tube, was later clarified by David L Calhoun, CEO, The Nielsen. He said, "Several years ago, city, county and state officials offered Nielsen a series of targeted tax incentives focused on increasing our employee base in the area and expanding the presence of our business here. Nielsen is in 100 percent compliance with these programs the company has met or exceeded all requirements. We have invested nearly $130 million in building our new Center in Oldsmar, greater than twice what was required under the incentives. As quoted by Business Standard, there is also a protective note, on behalf of TCS, which states, "We chose to partner with TCS, a worldwide leader in complex information technology assignments. Moreover, we are pleased to report that 50 former Nielsen employees were offered new jobs with TCS in the local area."
