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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
      4.0
      Jul 16, 2008

      Work/life balance is a plus, but internal politics make it hard to get work done

      Product marketing manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work/life balance makes it easy to get things done outside of work - in fact many employees have businesses on the side. The company benefits are also great, but this results in a smaller salary compared to other companies in industry.

      Cons

      Communication within the company and company politics make it hard to do the right thing. Senior Management is great - it's middle management that has no idea what it's doing. Employees are promoted through seniority, rather than job performance. Again, salary is below standard for industry, but in some instances it is okay since the company tends to higher those that are younger and have less experience, while training them to do the job they were hired for.

      2.0
      Jul 16, 2008

      Secure, fun work with little reward for extra effort.

      Product marketing engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There is always something new to learn at National Instruments, always a new project, a new product, new and exciting interviews to be done. The people at NI are wonderful, happy, smart, and all around great folks. Men and women with families will find NI to be a secure job with steady pay and a great environment to be in.

      Cons

      Pay is mediocre for some positions. Raises don't keep up with inflation. Most of all, the management chain breaks down more often than not on many teams. NI is a very young company, mostly because of retention problems, and I think this trend will continue until senior management figures out what to do about the mess that exists right now.

      3.0
      Jul 15, 2008

      NI: Great work, low reward

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      National Instruments is a laid back company which adopts the mantra of "No offices", so everyone is either in a cubicle or an open concept area where the entire section of the floor can be seen at once. In some cases, this can be good because communication between co-workers is easy, however in some cases the lack of privacy and ability to work alone can be an issue. In terms of co-workers, I found everyone to be extremely smart and capable when compared to past companies, and the projects themselves offered a great opportunity to increase my knowledge base

      Cons

      The main issue with working at National Instruments is the salary. The work expected from you is the same in terms of skill and involvement as some of the larger well-known tech companies, however the salary does not reflect or compliment the skill level and time committed by employees

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