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3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(720 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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Pros

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

3.0
Nov 20, 2015

Great Place to Learn

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Pros

NI is has some of the brightest engineers in the industry and the work/life balance is very manageable. It's a great introduction to corporate work environment. Camaraderie among the employees is hard to come by elsewhere.

Cons

Compensation is below competitive. It seems the company has grown a bit to manage the compensation expectations of the market. There's been talk of improvements in the near future, however I can't see how realistic it is to implement retroactive raises without a huge upward swing in the T&M market.

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