National Instruments Reviews

Pros

Good place to start your career.

Cons

After a couple of years move somewhere else for advancement opportunities

Pros

Work hard play hard environment

Cons

Salary is not that great

Pros

Good work culture, flexibility in work, tolerable work pressure

Cons

Management competence and leadership capability is lacking

Advice to Senior Management

to hire better managers &/or better the existing ones

Pros

Relaxed Atmosphere. Fun Projects to Work On.

Cons

Salaries are a bit low.

Pros

The Internship Program was top notch. I was able to rotate through different marketing aspects in the company every semester. Intern managers were very focused on developing my talents and placing me where I could make an impact. Projects were challenging but allowed for a great deal of experience. The company pride was fantastic.

Cons

It is difficult to be sucessful without working knowledge behind the products and purpose of the company. Since the majority of the employees are engineers, it takes a while to pick up a working vocabulary of products if you lack a technical background.

Advice to Senior Management

Allow the fall/spring interns to preview the different functions of the company on a special intern preview day. It was too much to take in at new hire day. I think I would have been a better intern if I was exposed to the different functions of various teams before my internship really began. Once I was busy learning the ropes at my team, I had little time to investigate the function of each team.

Pros

The web team has some interesting work being done when working closely with R&D and product marketing. Lot of freedom to explore new tools and methodologies

Cons

Low pay, raises just keep up with inflation. Also favoritism in management when promoting or giving raises. Employee feedback is not taken into account to improve this issue.

Advice to Senior Management

Treat your employees as a "creative asset". Sometimes experimenting with new ideas can come up with good solutions

Pros

challenge to myself and learn new tech

Cons

there is nothing wrong in this company

Pros

Relaxed workplace. Young team. Lots of fun when you start in the Applications Engineering department. German branch office hat a great location and is brand new. You learn a lot in your first year. No job cuts during the recession.

Cons

Some - not all - middle managers only seem to have that job because they have been in the company long enough and have downright horrible management skills. German branch management seems to have lost touch with employees. Pay is ok in the beginning, but falls short after a few years if you do not go into sales. Training pretty much stops after two years. Kool-Aid drinking is mandatory.

Advice to Senior Management

Give people raises when they are promoted. Do more reviews. Give out praise if people do good work. Good job with the recession management.

Pros

Flexible with employees and stable employment

Cons

NI has limited opportunities to allow employees to grow

Pros

The culture is the greatest thing here

Cons

Pay is not so hot