employer cover photo
employer logo
employer logo

National Instruments

Is this your company?

National Instruments reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(2,461 total reviews)

Alex Davern

58% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

National Instruments has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,461 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).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews
4.0
May 4, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good company culture. People seem to enjoy there work. Most management seems flexible with new ideas and concepts to improve the business. More of a laid back atmosphere.

Cons

Compensation is on the lower scale for many positions as compared to other tech companies. The laid back atmosphere can cut both ways for certain personality types.

3.0
May 4, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

+ Surrounded by intelligent and motivated people. If you want to develop as an engineer, this is a place to do it. + Invests time in it's Applications Engineers. You will gain a lot of valuable experience quickly, which acts as a springboard into a better paid job for many people.

Cons

Salary Expectations (NI ELP Scheme) Year 1 & 2 (possibly three): £25,000 Year 3 onwards as a Travelling Salesman: £30,000 plus commission, but the commission structure isn't great. A lot of the guys work really hard and are hitting £40,000, which I don't think is worth the huge amount of effort they put in. £40k for a zero work-life balance? No thank you. Commission structure is also very unfair. I worked myself to the bone and got no commission one quarter because my large team missed their target. However, next quarter someone else pulled in a huge deal that I had absolutely nothing to do with, and I got £1000. Where is the incentive there?! - I found Sales very boring, but it's where I got stuck for a year. - A lot is expected from you, and you don't really get much in return. I've moved to my second job post-uni job which is a lot more chilled out, and I make a lot more money. - Newbury is nice, but it is a boring place for a young professional.

5.0
May 1, 2016

Collection

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Laid back, friendly work hard get great incentives. Loved to improve myself to see what I could do and did succeed.

Cons

Management had their favorites, if they didn't like you they would find some way to push you out. They would say or talk behind your back to others and would say things that you never said.

Viewing 1609 - 1611 of 2,461 Reviews

Glassdoor has 2,930 National Instruments reviews submitted anonymously by National Instruments employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if National Instruments is right for you.