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In Dire Need of Leadership Training - Anonymous employee Native Instruments Employee Review

1.0
Oct 30, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

A really cool product, talented team members, and good benefits.

Cons

NI had acquired the best talent there was to build and deliver value to their product. So much so that they did the unthinkable and destroyed all of that with poor business decisions (if they made a decision at all), hiring incompetent managers and directors, and never holding themselves accountable. The level of incompetence is astounding because when asked a simple question of "why?" to a business decision or requesting data to inform, they run around like chickens with their heads cut off and then in the end, decide to get upset instead and do things like fire people to cover up their own lack of leadership skills. What's worse is that the non-manager folks who were hired on got reprimanded for simply doing their jobs. There is no interest of finding root causes nor resolving them. Leadership rules with putting fear into people so they can continue to elevate themselves because they don't understand that true leadership is to actually help those below and around them to rise.

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Native Instruments Response
7y
Thank you for your note. We are committed to the growth of our leaders and managers to ensure teams feel heard and are inspired to create the best products on the market. With the recent strategic changes in LA, we are looking forward to a year of channeling the amazing talent we have into launching our largest suite of products yet. Talent is our biggest asset, and your feedback gives us insight into the types of training programs we can focus on to improve employee experience.

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Thank you for your short and sweet feedback. We're thrilled to hear that you've found our team to be great to work with! Your feedback about pay is important to us, and we understand the significance of fair compensation. We're in the process of implementing a new global career framework with levels roles and salaries. As part of this, we evaluated our pay structures to ensure they remain competitive within the industry. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
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Super cool environment and amazing products that are easy to sell, cause who doesn't love music!

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