National Instruments reviews

Upper management is uninterested in what is really going on in the company and seem very disconnected from their employees. There is poor regular communication between upper/mid management that provides the level of detailed information needed for the worker bees who actually perform the work to do their jobs well. Attrition is also currently very bad and the previous loyalty and engagement that the company used to have is gone. All jobs are being offshored and it is a rotation of just getting stuff done to keep the lights on without regard to how the resulting systems/assets will be maintained or how useful and purposeful the work is. This is really no different from other big companies. Overall for a big company it is a good place to work (although the pay seems a little lower than other Austin based big companies.)

Poor compensation - go somewhere that will pay you what you’re worth. Poor management - you either get stuck with a micromanager or a manager that barely knows you exist. You won’t be shown that you’re appreciated, that your contributions matter, that you’re part of the team. Lots of office politics. It’s all about who you know and what you’re willing to do to get where you want to be. No clear direction at all. They preach change but nothing ever changes. Only some people get exit interviews. What is that? Someone that had only been there barely one year got an exit interview. I worked there 11 years and did not get an exit interview. They don’t care about you! They don’t want to know what they can do to improve. I’m not shocked by how many former colleagues have left NI in the short time since I left. They need to realize the great talent they’re losing.