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      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 category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Compensation and benefits

      3.1

      Senior management

      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
      4.0
      Apr 23, 2009

      Good Place to Work - Could Make Some Improvement

      Individual contributor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Overall Good Benefits Relaxed Work Environment Youthful Work Environment On-Site Gym Openness of Management

      Cons

      Pay is below industry average Company is unwilling to let bad performers go. Instead all of company takes a 5% paycut when we could have easily let bottom 5 or 10% of bad performers go. Don't punish all of company just to continue to say "we haven't had a layoff". Company is too consensus driven. Some decisions may take weeks to make instead of leadership saying, "this is what we are going to do".

      3.0
      Apr 13, 2009

      NI is an alright place to start.

      Elp engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The employees are enthusiastic coming in. You do get the opportunity to take control. The ELP program is fairly relaxed and can be a good introduction into the company. The benefits package is about average. the company sponsored move saves a headache for anyone out of town but do not take the relocation money.

      Cons

      The pay is WAY below average for anyone with more than a bachelor's degree. In fact, you will get paid less than the national average for someone with a B.S. They tout the working environments but they have already issued pay cuts and the new hires are getting the shaft because of the economy. NI touts itself as putting the employees first but the employees are taking it just as rough as most other IT firms in this economy and they were hardly getting paid what they deserved before all of the cutbacks. Good for experience, but there are secretaries that like their job, only have a high school education and will be earning as much as you in 10 years.

      5.0
      Mar 30, 2009

      great place to work

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      very good place to work

      Cons

      not too many downsides at NI

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