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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

      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
      Mar 19, 2009

      Exciting products, interesting customers, good benefits, but... Lower-than-average pay, long work hours

      Senior product manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      1. Exciting products that serve a wide variety of customers and genuinely help them with their work. 2. Interesting customers. 3. Enthusiastic co-workers. 4. Good benefits package. 5. No layoffs (so far)

      Cons

      1. Lower pay than average. 2. Getting the job done satisfactorily requires long work hours making it difficult to spend time with the family sometimes. 3. Large turnover in some departments--people get burned out. 4. Management is often younger and lacks experience. This can lead to make rash decisions that haven't been thought out completely or aren't aligned with the longer term goals.

      5.0
      Feb 23, 2009

      I'm thankful for my job

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      great work environment, great people

      Cons

      Can't advance unless I get an engineering degree

      4.0
      Jan 23, 2009

      Very good place to work. The only catch is the lack of big money.

      Staff software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The people are all nice. They are all honest, and management is very clear on what the companies vision and mission is. It's a relaxed work environment with good benefits and competent staff. One of the companies cores values is constant respect for people, and I've really seen this happen, all employees are treated fairly and respectfully. Everybody gets a cubicle, there are no private offices. I used to work as a software engineer just out of school for the first year or so I was there, and I saw the VP of engineering twice in that span of time. I was shocked when he remembered who I was on the second visit. It's the kind of place where you can chat with a director, share lunch with a section manager and interview interns in your first year.

      Cons

      The money is only average. Senior management also tends to be a little penny-wise but pound-foolish at times. The technologies you work on are somewhat company specific, so you need to work a little extra hard to make sure that you're still hireable outside of NI.

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