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      3.7

      68% would recommend to a friend

      (2,459 total reviews)

      Alex Davern

      62% approve of CEO

      46% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Compensation and benefits

      3.1

      Senior management

      National Instruments has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,459 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The National Instruments employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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      2K reviews
      4.0
      Jul 21, 2011

      Good for career starters

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      A great place for engineering graduates who don't just want to stick with a technical role. NI provides opportunities to explore your career interests in Marketing, Sales, even Operations at a very early stage of your career. You will find a lot of like-minded engineers working in a very young and energetic environment.

      Cons

      After your first promotion from ELP to the next level, you will find your career stagnated for a while, the company has seem challenges to maintain top talents because NI is never known for high compensation, so if the job becomes less challenge and while your mid-level managers are all 30-40 years old, it is hard to keep people around after waiting for 2-3 years for the next promotion.

      4.0
      Jul 21, 2011

      Great place to work, very family friendly

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Very Family friendly. I never have problems getting time off for family commitments. Open and helpful culture. Everyone is willing to help out

      Cons

      Salaries and benefits are average. Until recently, the healthcare options were awesome, but that changed this year. The options now are average, but NI does pay for the vast majority of the premium.

      4.0
      Jun 30, 2011

      It's not who you know that matters... it's who knows you.

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      * Really is a "small company makes it big" success story. * Wide variety of hardware and software projects, covering whatever your latest interest * HQ is a great campus in a great city; branch offices around the world offer a chance to dip your toe in all sorts of things * Promotion from within -- you know your competition when trying for a spot because they're mostly the same people you've worked with for years

      Cons

      * NI is a social network. A VERY social network. Surprisingly so for a bunch of engineers. Lots of tight friend circles, intra-company dating, that sort of thing. And that means that news spreads often through back channels, and opportunities to advance can be missed because you didn't go to a particular party to overhear that news. Luckily, it's never too late to start meeting people and forming your own back channel group. * Lots of growing pains. The transition from small company to large has had some missteps. Nothing egregious, but annoying. Sometimes it can be hard to figure out who is the proper authority on a given topic, which leads to a lot of "better to ask forgiveness than permission" attitudes.

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