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      3.7

      68% would recommend to a friend

      (2,457 total reviews)

      Alex Davern

      63% 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 2,457 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
      2.0
      Oct 21, 2008

      Nice perks, poor pay, too much consensus building

      Product marketing engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Friendly culture, lots of perks (company picnics, parties, good benefits, employee appreciation week, etc.). There's lots of encouragement to be healthy and lots of support for those of us with families -- children are included in holiday themed events a few times a year.

      Cons

      Not enough pay, not enough drive from management, too much consensus building at the expense of progress

      4.0
      Oct 20, 2008

      National Instruments is a good place to work and grow.

      Software engineering
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It's a very relaxed work atmosphere and if you ever decide your current group isn't the best fit for you it's easy to switch over to a different team. This is also a great way to learn about various areas within the company.

      Cons

      During a recession they prefer to lower everyone's salaries rather than lay off some folks. If you think your job is pretty secure and didn't think you'd get laid off, you might consider that a negative. Also, while the code is commented very nicely, there isn't much documentation available describing the higher level functionality.

      2.0
      Oct 19, 2008

      A good foot hold to gain experience, but a company that has lost its way.

      Hardware engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There is a large variety of different products made by national instruments which can give you the opportunity to learn about a wide array of technologies. Since the average age of the employees at the company is pretty low you can have the opportunity to get very involved in projects early in your career if you have the motivation to go after these opportunities. There are a handful of very knowledgeable technical people there who are great sources to help get you going if you can find them. The working environment is casual and for the most part the company is pretty forgiving about honest mistakes.

      Cons

      The management at NI is the single greatest downside of the company. The company recruits heavily for a position known as AE (application engineering) which puts people in a program known as ELP (engineering leadership program). These people are basically expected to do the technical support for 1-3 years and then have to move on to another area of the company. A lot of times this ends up being Sales or Marketing but you also get a fair amount working in R&D. Most of the R&D management came through this path at some point and while they are not bad people they really don't have the technical or managerial experience to be in this kind of management role. This leads to a lot of frustration for the technical folks. Overall it seems like the company never figured out how to deal with the fact it had grown so much so fast and now is just floundering around trying to make the old formula fit the current situation.

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