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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

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
2.0
Nov 7, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Challenging product line to learn, good on the job training, good stepping stone to other places, outside of this company.

Cons

Salary was pathetic, whatever you do, do not get suckered into the technical sales department. Although I learned some valuable skills, the good-buddy, butt kisser system is in full effect in this group. Do not expect to advance unless someone dies or moves on. Managers are always breathing down your neck, and do not care about you, unless you kiss their butt, or are their buddy. Expect to get stabbed in the back by many of your peers, and managers who will not go to bat for you when needed. Don't believe all the "best company to work for" hype. Very likely that these reviews for this award did not come from folks in the technical sales or customer services groups. These poor folks are crapped on and shafted everyday.

2.0
Oct 26, 2014

Meh

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Cool people to work with, Austin is a great city, and every now and then a customer makes something truly awesome with NI hardware.

Cons

Growth opportunities are limited and the salary hasn't kept up with the times. Growing pains are showing as NI attempts to expand.

3.0
Sep 7, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some lay off at R&D group, that is means something wrong with this company. May be more things will show off really soon.

Cons

Low pay, will be more lay off

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