National Instruments Reviews in Austin, TX Area

Pros

challenge to myself and learn new tech

Cons

there is nothing wrong in this company

Pros

The culture is the greatest thing here

Cons

Pay is not so hot

Pros

Flexible with employees and stable employment

Cons

NI has limited opportunities to allow employees to grow

Pros

job security, great place to live

Cons

poor management, low pay and few raises

Advice to Senior Management

stop micro managing

Pros

- collegial environment
- relaxed atmosphere
- challenging projects

Cons

- medium to high base pay

Advice to Senior Management

- more agressive in taking risks

Pros

Good to start at right after college. Leave 2 years after you gain experience and earn twice the $$ NI will pay. And guess what, their benefits suck.

Cons

Pay and working with people who have no real career aspirations

Pros

Ability to move to new roles. Flexibility with workload. High bar of excellence. Open communications from Management to employees. Yearly tactical planning, 5-10 year product platform panning, 100 year people and culture plan.

Cons

Prioritized focus on engineering degreed professionals.

Pros

NI has a great company culture and offers very stable employement. They have great benefits and you will find opportunity to challenge yourself if thats what you want.

Cons

Below average salaries across the entire company and limited recognition for achievement. You will also find some employees get by doing the bare minimum because others will pick up the slack.

Advice to Senior Management

Recognize employee achievements, be more transparent about salary information and increase salaries across the entire company. Be more open to international transfers.

Pros

Competent senior management
Homegrown mentality and loyalty to employees
Encourages thinking outside the box
Given a lot of freedom

Cons

salary is lower than avg
should give high performers more incentive to stay motivated and stay

Advice to Senior Management

get rid of the fat,

Pros

Surrounded by creative, hugely innovative minds

Cons

International marcom group consists of unprofessional folks-- shocking. They spoke to each other in asian languages in meetings making no attempt to include the english speaker in their midst. It is like a little inner circle-- in which case, why did they hire me? I quit in no time. Nightmare. No clear directio. Was ever provided, i was left to scramble and find my own bearings. Hostile atmosphere!

Advice to Senior Management

One ill-advised group can tarnish the image of an entire corporation. Hope someone is taking stock of such groups within your company.