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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
      5.0
      Dec 4, 2017

      Great Place to Work

      Software technician
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Spent a year and a half at National Instruments. The culture is laid back, everyone is friendly. And the work life balance is incredible! It's unheard of to have to work over 40 hours so don't expect to have to work for free here.

      Cons

      The only con is compensation. It's well below industry standard. It's literally the only strike against the company in my experience but even then, they've been working on rectifying that.

      3.0
      Nov 19, 2017

      NI builds great products, but could do better

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Brilliant, personable colleagues in R&D who advocate for each other and collaborate extremely effectively. The opportunity to develop cutting-edge hardware and software that our customers love. Autonomy as a result of working in a remote office and working on a product line with consistent revenue growth.

      Cons

      The Marketing organization is a chaotic mess-- full of self-important, questionably competent blowhards who tend to blame R&D for their misguided, non-evidence-based decisions. Too many of the executives have never worked anywhere else and lack perspective. Too much navel gazing about below-market salary and benefits and too little action. The company has too many managers-- why NI needs 30+ VPs is unclear. Some managers at Corporate seem so obsessed with planning that it is unclear if they actually ever get much done. We need to hire more engineers and to pay the good ones we already have competitive salaries.

      3.0
      Oct 23, 2017

      Good place to start your career

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      great place to start your career

      Cons

      not much growth, leadership and direction continues to change

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