National Instruments – “The Best Job I've Ever Had”

Pros

Comfortable
Low Stress compared to my previous jobs
smart people
awesome software
Upper Management has a great forward looking attitude
Middle Managment manages as if you were an adult and not a child
Decent pay
Good benefits
No Layoffs

Cons

Austin Traffic
No clear mechanism to get rid of dead wood when necessary
not much else negative to say about this

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the great work; although work needs to happen to keep your best and brightest and remove the attitude that this is a great place to begin your career. I started outside of NI; and I'm looking at NI as the place to finish my career at.