Skip to contentSkip to footer
      employer cover photo
      employer logo
      employer logo

      National Instruments

      Is this your company?

      National Instruments reviews

      3.7

      68% would recommend to a friend

      (2,459 total reviews)

      Alex Davern

      62% approve of CEO

      46% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      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).

      Reviews by job title

      2K reviews
      5.0
      Apr 27, 2014

      Great Corporate Culture, But Lower Pay than Peers

      District sales manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      NI has a great work culture at the Austin, TX HQ. The work-life balance is top-notch! The Applications Engineering / Engineering Leadership Program is truly a great place to begin a professional career - there are many opportunities for advanced projects and learning new skills if you take advantage of them.

      Cons

      NI does pay less than comparable companies for the equivalent job. This is somewhat offset by the exceptional culture at NI Austin. Overall NI is a great company!

      3.0
      Apr 21, 2014

      Used to have great culture, always pay less than industry/regional average.

      Database marketing coordinator
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Job security is the main reason people stay at this company. Not sure the current climate, but you'd have to do something pretty serious to get fired. A great place to start a career and get some experience.

      Cons

      NI is a pretty good place for entry level engineers and the few who the company feels it really needs and compensates reasonably well. Other than that, I've never worked with so many brilliant yet underpaid coworkers anywhere else. Their goal for paying people is 80% of median, so not even average. That's their goal! When the company hit $1B in revenue everything changed. No longer focused on culture, no longer care about the people. They are focused only on the bottom line and growing by 20% every quarter YOY. They had great growth last year, but missed their operating margin. Employees got a really small profit sharing bonus and CFO/COO got a 20% raise. Leadership also is changing, Dr. Truchard is well liked and trusted but he's retiring soon.

      1.0
      Apr 18, 2014

      Attract by first impression and company name, but find out it is a liar.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lots of tedious work to do. The work you do here will never be useful else where.

      Cons

      It says it will support green card application, but it set the prevailing wage very high that you can never achieve. Totally liar. Too much office political, they only reward the people who is good at speaking.

      Viewing 1978 - 1980 of 2,459 Reviews
      Related searches: National Instruments jobs | National Instruments salaries | National Instruments benefits | National Instruments interviews
      ReviewsNational Instruments reviews

      Glassdoor has 2,927 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.