National Instruments – “Treat everyone fairly, regardless of the job category”

Pros

Laid-back atmosphere
Good compensation package, as the company pays government-implicted welfare expenditure on behalf of the employee.
Established work process from which young graduates will benefit.

Cons

Non-engineering employees are much less valued.
Employees outside of US headquarters will never get rated fairly performance-wise when compared to the counterparts in the US.
Immediate managers don't appreciate self-motivated team members but followers
Absence of internal promotion mechanism.

Advice to Senior Management

Value every employee as an individual human being. Employees are more than coding machines