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      3.7

      68% would recommend to a friend

      (2,459 total reviews)

      Alex Davern

      62% approve of CEO

      46% positive business outlook

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      National Instruments has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,459 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The National Instruments employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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      2K reviews
      3.0
      Aug 6, 2008

      NI has a great work environment but offers little reward for your effort.

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      NI has a relaxed and friendly work environment. Intelligent coworkers make cooperation easier. It is a challenging and fun place for new graduates to start a career as they immerse you in real work right away. You learn on the job. There are lots of different groups and products to work on; there is flexibility to move around within the company. You feel like you are making products that impact people's lives. Austin is a great city to live in. It has reasonable house prices that have not been affected by the dismal housing market, a great music scene, and lots of active stuff to do if you are into sports.

      Cons

      Monotonous cubicle spaces, lousy fitness center. Lots of lower level managers are technical people who got promoted to managers, and most of they are not very good at managing people or projects. Low starting salary and pay raises that does not outpace inflation. There is a bit of internal politics at play. Unless you working on a high impact project in a highly visible group or your manager is really looking after you in your career development, promotion and pay raises are hard to come by. Even if you do above average work, there is little reward for you to do better.

      2.0
      Jul 16, 2008

      Secure, fun work with little reward for extra effort.

      Product marketing engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There is always something new to learn at National Instruments, always a new project, a new product, new and exciting interviews to be done. The people at NI are wonderful, happy, smart, and all around great folks. Men and women with families will find NI to be a secure job with steady pay and a great environment to be in.

      Cons

      Pay is mediocre for some positions. Raises don't keep up with inflation. Most of all, the management chain breaks down more often than not on many teams. NI is a very young company, mostly because of retention problems, and I think this trend will continue until senior management figures out what to do about the mess that exists right now.

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