National Instruments reviews

- There is a large portion of the workforce that's incredibly lazy. Getting people to work for projects outside their groups is discouraged, I've been discouraged multiple times from helping out other teams. Emphasis on quality goes out the window in order to meet deadlines. People who try and improve the quality of work as seen as obstacles to meeting the deadlines, when it should be the opposite. Blame is very easy to dish out, but not everyone owns up to mistakes. - Career growth is limited, especially if you are in AE. I have met multiple people who said that going into the ELP program was not what they thought they were signing up for. - Compensation is way below market average, and the management seems to have its head in the sand about the increasing costs of living in Austin. - If you switch teams, you can pretty much expect all the work you've done before to count for nothing. - Poor business planning for continuous years has led to non-existent bonuses and just rumours of raises. Every single time some external conditions are blamed, it's about time someone took a good look at our business strategy and owned up to the constant mistakes that have been made.

Pay starts at average and quickly falls behind competition you should keep looking at the market or this will creep up on you. Promotions to Senior Engineer and beyond are opaque. I have often heard managers say that you get promoted "well after everyone thinks you already have that title".