National Instruments reviews

Depending on your group, you may be on your own for growth. At times, it seems like management looks short term and does not seem to take the time to develop their employees for long term growth.

As many of the other people will attest to, the compensation level for comparable positions is on average lower than at other companies in Austin. The situation used to be worse ten years ago, but there has been some movement towards making salaries competitive with other major employers in the area. The benefits package seems to get stingier and stingier each year, with the cost to add dependents going up signficantly over the last few years. National Instruments' stock performance leaves something to be desired as well and should be thought of as a long-term investment. Many of the options doled out in the boom period of 1999-2001 still remain under water. Finally, the golden days of the weekly (even monthly) deck parties are over. Now there's a deck party maybe once a quarter and the food and drink goes quickly, somewhat disappointing compared to the way things used to be and how they still continue to sell it at on-campus recruiting events.