National Instruments Reviews
73% would recommend to a friend
(2139 total reviews)
Alex Davern
70% approve of CEO
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- "People complain about low salaries don’t understand pay reflects the market value of the company." (in 200 reviews)
- "People learn to live with it and perceive they are subsidizing culture with low pay." (in 150 reviews)
- "Company lets known bad managers drive morale down and shape departments without doing objective evaluation." (in 59 reviews)
- "Salaries/total compensation is low and losing ground to other technology companies" (in 58 reviews)
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Updated Dec 4, 2023
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- 5.0Nov 13, 2023Human ResourcesCurrent EmployeeAustin, TX
Pros
Family-like atmosphere; enjoyed having headquarters in Austin
Cons
Currently going through an acquisition so lots of layoffs
- 4.0Dec 4, 2023Senior Demand PlannerCurrent Employee, more than 1 yearAustin, TX
Pros
Collaborative nature of work, good management, flexible WFH options
Cons
Recent acquisition by a larger company
- 1.0Nov 30, 2023Senior Product DesignerFormer Employee, more than 3 yearsAustin, TX
Pros
Many smart and passionate colleagues
Cons
Emerson acquisition No appreciation for UX design Bottom line mentality that will kill quality
2 - 2.0Nov 16, 2023Anonymous EmployeeFormer Employee, more than 8 years
Pros
Lots of pluses: 1. Not a dry campus so lots of booze to be had 2. Can use your own travel app so get lots of points 3. Easy to fly under the radar
Cons
1. From Alex Davern to Eric Starkloff to Ritu Farve the management capability just keeps declining 2. Abandoned LabVIEW which was the gooses golden egg 3. Never make numbers and always cutting people
3 - 2.0Oct 4, 2023Anonymous EmployeeFormer Employee, more than 10 yearsAustin, TX
Pros
NI has a lot of extremely talented, great people to work with. You will get the chance to engage with customers across a broad set of applications doing innovative things that impact our world.
Cons
The current leadership lacks vision - and is focused on internal reorganization and cost-cutting measures. Far too many internal meetings and a lack of innovation are severely hurting what could be a great company again. Processes to curb spending demonstrate a lack of trust in their employees and waste considerable time.
6 - 5.0Oct 12, 2023DirectorFormer Employee, more than 5 yearsAustin, TX
Pros
Lots of opportunities to develop, leadership is open minded to new ideas, becoming more competitive from a pay perspective for high performers
Cons
Some functions have been reorganizing continously which can contribute to frustrating inefficiencies, continuous change has caused some change fatigue
1 - 4.0Oct 24, 2023Analog Hardware EngineerCurrent Employee, more than 5 yearsAustin, TX
Pros
The Culture is great here!
Cons
The pay is not the best but it’s not the worst either.
- 3.0Nov 9, 2023Senior Software EngineerFormer Employee
Pros
Can make an impact on teams.
Cons
Lots of layoffs low pay Weird culture
1 - 5.0Oct 9, 2023Software EngineerFormer Employee
Pros
Great work/life balance and great people
Cons
Pay is a little low
- 3.0Nov 6, 2023Principal Systems EngineerCurrent EmployeeAustin, TX
Pros
Increasing salaries to compete with the local market
Cons
Multiple reorganizations in one year, goals change every reorg.
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National Instruments has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 2,535 reviews left anonymously by employees. 73% of employees would recommend working at National Instruments to a friend and 46% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.
73% of National Instruments employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated National Instruments 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at National Instruments to be benefits, career development, culture and the cons to be senior leadership, management, compensation.
