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Nielsen's CEO Mitchell Habib made a statement that accurately describes the
attitude of U.S. employers in the age of globalism: "Any individual employee
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Habib earned the nickname of "the Prince of Darkness."
You will learn why
after reading this one.
If you want to read more gossip on Nielsen and Habib, this forum thread spans
several months up to the present.
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The man who brought Nielsen and TCS together is Mitchell Habib.
Habib grew up in the non-glitzy end of North Miami Beach.
A University of
Florida grad, he has been a chief information officer for divisions of
Ryder, General Electric and Citigroup.
His office with Nielsen is in
Covington, Ky., across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, and his windows look
over onto the stadium where the Reds play.
The Great American Ballpark.
One afternoon last month he sat on a leather couch.
He had on a dark
pinstripe suit and wore shiny blue cuff links.
He said he has spent only 19 full week days in Cincinnati this year.
He has
been married for 25 years and has two daughters with whom he iChats.
"In the old days, geography was king," he explained.
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Habib speaks quickly and excitedly in a language that could be called
boardroom.
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contributions to the company," Habib said in his office, "but that's not to
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"Which I'm not embarrassed by," Habib said.
How much money?
"It's significant," he said.
You could call this outsourcing, offshoring, or any number of other names,
but people like Mitchell Habib don't use these terms.
They're "antiquated,"
he said, because they presuppose one center of business activity, one
central factory, one central country, from which business could be sent.
It's not like that anymore.
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employee," Habib said in his office.
"That's not the issue.
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Mitchell Habib was hired in March 2007.
He came to Oldsmar and was charismatic at his first meeting with employees.
Campbell said Habib told them he had been hired to find "redundant
processes" in the company.
Employees were uneasy about Habib and what he
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"Mitchell was trying to deny that anyone has any knowledge or value at
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Mitchell Habib said: "It shouldn't matter where you work.
You shouldn't
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Mitchell Habib doesn't apologize for making money for his company.
Nielsen
reported revenues in the second quarter of this year that were 12 percent
higher than the revenues for the second quarter of last year.
The work, he
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Habib came to Oldsmar one day this month for three global teleconferences
with Nielsen employees.
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Habib got up on a stage in front of the TV.
He had on jeans and a blue
blazer and loafers.
"Good evening!"
he said into the microphone.
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At halftime Habib gave out free Bucs tickets.
Then the big prize: tickets
to this year's Super Bowl in Tampa.
He held them up.
He paused.
The crowd was silent.
"This is the easiest way to get you guys quiet," Habib said.
"We just
figured it out."
Some laughs.
Some groans.
Habib gave the tickets to the winner and then walked off the stage and into
an elevator.
He had talked to European employees in the morning and
employees in the Americas midday.
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