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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
      Aug 30, 2010

      Lots of pros but one big con - salary

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Great culture, great focus on work/life balance. People are treated as professionals. Good long term planning and very honest communication from senior leadership.

      Cons

      Salary is actually becoming a bit of a joke. Other companies know that NI underpays and uses that to their advantage. Benefits used to be pretty good but little by little, they are going downhill (i.e. copays increasing to a % versus flat rate)

      2.0
      Aug 21, 2010

      Great Culture + Low Pay + Tough Advancement

      Staff software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Company has a good Long Term vision - Stable Employment (rare lay offs) - young culture comes with lots of enthusiasm - Centralized tools + processes (Ubiquitous revision control system is nice)

      Cons

      - Stable employment with no lay offs means that you sacrifice stability for in ability to advance or get pay raises... keeping the fat makes less resources for the solid performers - young culture = low experience, hence they have processes and micro management that makes a person who is intelligent and doesn't need a baby sitter have a tough time getting around the process to just get something basic done - Consensus culture is a pain, decisions are slow... software teams try to design everything before they start implementing anything... and that never works... you have to prototype - managers are young and in experienced - too much LabView Koolaid..(Labview is an engineering tool... not a programming language)

      5.0
      Aug 20, 2010

      Great Environment...Lots of Energy

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Energetic, smart, motivated people - Management is extremely loyal and willing to help - Outstanding product offering - Very collaborative environment

      Cons

      - Executive management doesn't have much experience outside of NI - Not the best salaries, although very good benefits and stock program - Very much a kool-aid drinking culture

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