Is National Instruments a good company to work for?

National Instruments has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 2,927 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 3% over the last 12 months. 68% of employees would recommend working at National Instruments to a friend and 46% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about National Instruments have been left by employees working as Software Engineering Intern I , Account Manager and Project Manager .

Does National Instruments pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, National Instruments employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at National Instruments. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at National Instruments?

68% of National Instruments employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated National Instruments 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at National Instruments?

Software Engineer (168) , Applications Engineer (94) , Staff Software Engineer (87) , Senior Software Engineer (69) , Technical Support Engineer (48) , Account Manager (46) , Intern (45) , Engineer (35) , Field Sales Engineer (20) , Hardware Engineer (20) , Programme Analyst (20) , Project Manager (20) , Product Marketing Manager (19) , Principal Software Engineer (18) , Software Engineer(Internship) (18)

What are the pros of working at National Instruments according to real employee reviews?

"People there are great and always willing to help or teach you how things work." ((in 320 reviews)); "Good work life balance and company cultures." ((in 239 reviews)); "good food and benefit in company" ((in 134 reviews)); "Good Work Environment and enjoyable" ((in 86 reviews)); "Got to work with some great colleagues" ((in 80 reviews))

What are the cons of working at National Instruments according to real employee reviews?

"People complain about low salaries don’t understand pay reflects the market value of the company." ((in 233 reviews)); "People learn to live with it and perceive they are subsidizing culture with low pay." ((in 184 reviews)); "poor management could be detrimental to your career success" ((in 102 reviews)); "Compensation for software jobs is low compared to similar software companies" ((in 54 reviews)); "recent layoff (never applied before)" ((in 47 reviews))

What are employees saying about National Instruments layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about National Instruments layoffs and their outlook for job security at National Instruments in 2026.

What are the top reviewed National Instruments locations?

Austin , Santa Clara , Houston , Chicago , New York , Los Angeles , San Jose , Santa Rosa , Madison , Irvine , Seattle , Pittsburgh , Boston , Phillipsburg , Urbana , Charlottesville , Annandale , Phoenix , Ann Arbor , Novi , Washington , Charlotte , Turkey , Leander , Pflugerville , Round Rock , China , Dallas , Texas City , San Antonio

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

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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

Aug 9, 2013

Love working here

Staff analog hardware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

NI has a great culture, having very very good balance between work life and personal life. There is a flexible schedule for many things (there is not a hard time in out to work) and a flexible attire. Work life is very relaxed having multiple opportunities for socialization between groups leading to a lot of opportunity for growth and learning. There are lots of development opportunities both technical and personal. Depending on the group, management is focused on developing and finding strengths than trying to work on areas of opportunity. The 100 year plan drives many business decisions over short term financial ones like the policy of no firing during recessions, etc.

Cons

Fast growing and this makes some of the great culture to suffer. The compensation is average. Sometimes there can be a lot of stress in the work cycles. Although this does not happens every time when it happens it can be difficult to deal with.

5.0

Aug 9, 2013

A great MNC in Penang.. at a not so great location

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The newest kid in the block in Bayan Lepas. An American MNC. When news of NI Malaysia is starting up, it caused quite a stir in the industry as they started forming their team of R&D engineers as well as IT personnels by recruiting the "best and brightest" from other MNCs around the area. This company has one of the most flexible working hours I've ever seen and experienced. You are basically in control of your own career development. If you plan to stay dormant and stagnant... hey.. why not? You're not gonna get punished. If you wish to be aggressive and climb the ladder... you can be sure to get all the help you need from the management. If you see the other reviews where they say promotion is almost impossible... it's a lie. There are several promotions every year. It's just too bad the ones who didn't get promoted are the ones posting reviews in Glassdoor. Okay let's talk about the benefits... Dental coverage for self and immediate family members... 2 days childcare leave per year... in addition to the countless number of leaves that one can take. A very young and experienced management team (for R&D, at least) who wish to hear what employees are thinking directly rather than reading it from Glassdoor. And there's Salary... please find a company in Bayan Lepas where employees are paid so high that everyone working with them sing nothing but praises about the salary. Sometimes people need to be realistic. You ain't gonna get rich just by waiting for the pay check end of the month! Wake up people.. if you think you are not paid high enough, either you quit or you find out exactly why and don't just blame the company. In the years I've been with NI, I have been getting double digit increments. If I can do it, I don't see why you can't. Stop complaining, do something. Your threats of "attrition will be very high soon" ain't gonna happen. There will be juniors waiting to take over your position anytime, any day. Lastly, the management's commitment to keep job stability as the highest priority is commendable. When other companies are shutting down departments and retrenching their employees, NI is committed to keep every single employee... so the worst that could happen is a salary cut and perhaps some temporary benefits removal.

Cons

Yeah.. the employee sharing bonus is using a formula that frankly speaking... is from the 1980s... it's pathetic. Unfortunately, every employee in the world is having the same problem so this is something that needs to be fixed by Dr T or Alex Davern. Secondly.... the NI Penang deck party used to be very happening.... now it's just too "dry" if you know what I mean... Oh well... this is a multi-racial country after all, there are just some people you can't please. Thirdly... of all places... Batu Maung??

2.0

Jul 31, 2013

Double Standard

Poor sad employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fun Flexibility Freedom Work-life balance (but in the border line to not so work-life balance)

Cons

(1) You must be prepared to report to a hundred bosses besides reporting to your OWN DIRECT boss (yes apparently the Hungarians love to think they are bosses to everyone). You life if guaranteed to be miserable. (2) Absolutely obvious appearance of double standard. Recently the company is going through a serious budget cut globally and yet they are sending so many visitors over to the Penang plant for "knowledge transfer" or "for start up". When the whites are traveling here and there and everywhere - the budget cut issue seem to be hidden but it's a big fuss when the local intends to travel to Hungary or Austin for REAL GENUINE PURPOSE of "knowledge transfer". (3) This company is always boasting about equality within the organization and its people but really, the word "equality" does not exist here! DO NOT BE TRICKED! Upper management always receives more benefits than others do and so much of favoritism here! Hence no equal opportunity as claimed and if you start at the bottom - you'll always remain there (unless you stay in the company until retirement age). (4) You will always hear especially from Interns that working here is the awesome-mest thing ever but honestly, they have not been here long enough yet! Three months of internship doesn't tell you everything especially those hidden ones. So don't listen to them! They are just young and naive. (5) If you notice, HR department folks are always wondering around but is taking so long to response to email queries/employees' feedback. Maybe you should stop walking around people's cube too much and focus on your work. (6) Simply no chance to grow. (7) Poor benefits! No car loan/house loan. Poor dental benefits :How can I "repair" my teeth with MYR200?

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