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National Instruments

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Laid back environment, intelligent coworkers, average pay. - Software Engineer National Instruments Employee Review

3.0
Jul 2, 2008
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Pros

Laid back environment, intelligent coworkers. Management does a reasonable job of communicating things from the top on down. 40 hour work week is typical. Good place for an engineer with a family. Benefits, despite shrinking in value over the years, are still pretty good.

Cons

Still thinks it's a small company when it's not. Steady erosion of benefits over the years. The gap between the individual contributors and the management continues to grow. The profit sharing formula is insulting. No one realistically expects that NI will ever see 40% growth. Ever. Again. Bonuses in general are kind of a joke. "Gee, thanks for the $100 gift certificate after busting my butt for months on end."

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5.0
Apr 13, 2026
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Pros

The people and the culture! Mostly very helpful, smart, fun loving group of employees. NI hired a lot for culture fit and that made the day to day a lot of fun.

Cons

Company vision from the higher ups suffered greatly after the pandemic.

3.0
Mar 30, 2026
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Pros

Work with a lot of smart folks

Cons

Management could have provided support to the team rather than asked employees to work harder

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