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National Instruments Staff Software Engineer reviews

3.1

51% would recommend to a friend

(86 total reviews)

Alex Davern

40% approve of CEO

21% positive business outlook

Staff Software Engineer employees have rated National Instruments with 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 86 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Staff Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. National Instruments is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Staff Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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86 reviews
4.0
Nov 29, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Pretty good starting salaries. Excellent benefits, 401k matching, and stock purchasing plan. Regular parties. The people are pretty nice. Also an on-site gym and doctor's office.

Cons

The salaries aren't competitive for a mid-level engineer. Culture is a bit stuffy and the old-timers there vary wildly in ability and seem to be untouchable by management. I had a UX lead who doesn't answer e-mails, he just doesn't do it, and was never reprimanded for it. I also had principal engineer completely break my feature and call a meeting to blame me for it when our demo went poorly. There are also problems with tech leads and architects being so overworked they can't review code, which creates a huge bottleneck for lower level engineers. (You can imagine the panic when you've been waiting for a code review for a week and it comes back two days prior to end-of-sprint requesting major changes). Also: the feature you pour your heart and soul into is going to be outsourced as soon as it's stable, and heaven help you if you have to coordinate with off-shore teams because nobody tells them anything.

5.0
Apr 2, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Managers are incredibly dedicated to their employees here. Work life balance is absolutely in the hands of the employee, with very few roles in the company having any set schedule. Working from home is available, the culture is incredible, projects are rewarding, and the people who work here are likely to become your best friends.

Cons

A lot of the learning is done on a 'just in time' basis and there isn't a lot of formal teaching for new employees or those who are new to a role.

1.0
Jul 12, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people Homely environment in Bangalore office. With is not bad

Cons

The culture is extremely overwhelming. There is no proper sexual harassment training to new joinees. So you see people cracking inappropriate jokes, trying to hit on other female colleagues etc with no restraint. Company spies on you a lot.. though the culture seems very open and transparent, they track everything you do. It's almost like your every move is tracked and people other than top level management can also get access so employee monitoring software !

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