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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
3.0
Aug 15, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It is a great first and third job. It's great to start your career here for a few years because their training is good, the company is stable, initial pay is good, and the brand is well-known in Austin. It's a great third job because it's stable and they usually don't lay people off. Casual work environment, but this really depends on your manager. Deck parties are awesome.

Cons

- The pay increase does not keep up with inflation and there is little vertical room for growth - There are a lot of office politics within the company, you need to be able to "navigate the organization" rather than focus on your work - Some teams do what's best for themselves rather than do what's best for the company in terms of budget, accountability, and teamwork - Some employees do not get recognized for their work - their senior counterparts will receive the credit despite efforts to change this - This is an engineering company. Therefore, most of the investment goes into the engineering organization while the marketing department isn't treated as well. They are expected to consistently outperform their goals while their budget consistently shrinks.

5.0
Aug 15, 2013

Better than expected

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Awesome people to work with. The city is great.

Cons

The pay is only comparable, not the highest.

3.0
Aug 14, 2013

Great place to launch career. Long term? Umm...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good starting salary - Great learning at the beginning of career - Good exposure - Intelligent colleagues

Cons

- Incredibly immature management team - Poor processes, random decision making - Politics, politics,politics - Poor work life balance - Rampant favouritism, unclear expectations, oppresive management, lack of freedom to take decisions, lack of good mentorship - Early stagnation

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