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3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(2,460 total reviews)

Alex Davern

62% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

National Instruments has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,460 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
4.0
Aug 19, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

One of the best reasons is the location: Austin TX, home of the University of Texas. As an extension of the location is the overall company culture: relatively laid-back and loose, yet professional. The benefits package (401 K, health) are very competitive and appealing in these times of growing health costs - especially true for health coverage. Mobilizing the employees themselves to recruit new grad candidates is also a plus, as the process allows the younger and senior engineers/employees to promote the culture and select among _best and the brightest. Finally, the technology is simply cool - if you are into that sort of thing.

Cons

Lately, the company scaled down on stock grants, but it really did not accompany that with some sort of adjustment of the total compensation package to persist how equitable the employees are.

2.0
Jul 22, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Intelligent coworkers, young people, dynamic environment

Cons

We work very long hours for average pay. We aren't told that during recruiting that some Applications Engineers work up to 80 hours a week, effectively halving hourly pay. Instead, there is a projection of a "fun" atmosphere where everyone works reasonable hours. The department depends on hiring employees who have extremely good work ethic, who will complete work that has to be done, even if that means working till past 10pm for a week. Exploitative, almost. There is also extremely high expectation on the quality of work produced. Management also tends to be extremely patronizing toward employees, and there is a Big Brother environment where people are too afraid to talk about or raise important issues that concern work environment. Work-life balance is a complete joke.

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