Pros
Excellent location: the Heart of Hollywood - wrap-around windows & a fifth floor view! Including the Hollywood sign and the Griffith Observatory. Very cool coworkers, great products, amazing talent. Friends & Family 50% discount on all NI products. HR manager was very professional, responsive, and empathic.
Cons
No flex time for salary-exempt senior level employees. No bonuses. No tangible support for continuing education (3D CAD courses, project management, German & Chinese). Minimal support of measurement instruments, equipment, & fixture procurement to improve product development cycle efficiency and productivity. Employees have to contribute 50% toward health, dental, & vision benefits. Management needs improvement. Lots of organizational changes and mid-level & executive-level management changes left sense of discontinuity, poor interdepartmental communication, conflicting jurisdiction, lack of structure.
