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3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(571 total reviews)

Alex Davern

62% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

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2.0
Nov 26, 2015

What makes NI Penang great are the employees

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Pros

Somehow, NI Penang is very successful in hiring the nicest people. They are so fun and very helpful. Also, the average age of employees is pretty low so you have a lot of employees who have less than 5 years of experience. The interns really love this place. There's no place else in Penang that can provide such a comprehensive and fun internship experience. I know because I'm one of them! :) The gym is very nice and well equipped. Too bad it's not open during weekends. If you want to slowly hone your skills in engineering, NI Penang can provide a good environment as there are lots of free time to learn and develop your skills due to very slow product development life cycle. Experienced engineers from NI are quite marketable. It's not too hard to find a job in the other MNCs if you've some years of experience from NI.

Cons

NI's overall cash compensation is pretty low. Many senior employees left NI after a few years due to this, some even right after they got promoted. Even though management tries very hard to convince employees that they're paid the market average, people are still not convinced. Some group managers are of questionable quality.

4.0
Nov 24, 2015
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Team oriented Culture Recognition given Training Work Life Balance Great job right out of college

Cons

Commission structure is awful Seasoned Sales professionals need not apply! Heavy on engineering type personalities Zero focus on relationship building skills

5.0
Nov 18, 2015
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For fresh college grads (ME, BME, EE, CS, Physics) feeling left out of the tech world, Applications Engineering is the perfect avenue to find your way toward a career in tech: - You can work 40-50 hours a week and still be very successful - Work/Life balance is fantastic! - Career flexibility (sales, R&D, support, product management, marketing) - Management looks for ways to use your unique skills and passions - Opportunities for fun and interesting travel - Open workplace communication, no need to watch your back - Opportunities to work directly with Director and VP level within first few years - Lots of happy hours at work, at times there are free tickets to Austin area activities - Recently upgraded 15-days of vacation for new hires starting in 2016, plus 10 company holidays and generous sick time. - Work with a lot of fun, smart people - Great job security NI is involved in a lot of neat technology development that advances science and engineering, such as humanoid robots, space exploration, innovative cancer treatments, and cutting edge consumer and automotive tech. Its exhilarating to have a window into this innovation that is taking place with NI tools.

Cons

- AE time is not counted toward career job experience (i.e. might spend two years doing tech support and then transfer into R&D, only to start out as a level 1. Your friends at other companies might get senior (level 3) before you are even level 2.) - Like at any company, decision-making can become mired in executive-level politics. Business owners have decision making rights, except when the CEO disagrees. This can result in awkward stalemates or demoted business owners. - Average compensation for software development and product management is significantly below Austin averages. An internal working group is investigating this, but it comes down to the company needing to grow. - NI isn't very good at firing people (see job security above). This means you sometimes get stuck working with people that aren't very good at their job and this can block a lot of progress.

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