Native Instruments reviews about "culture"

The company culture is just a facade, same for inter-team collaboration. Many of the old employees are so frustrated that that in the best case they just mimic their interest for the product. In reality all they do is to fight for their position and a possible promotion. This creates a very toxic environment that hinders the development of any of the good ideas that anyone might have.

Couple of wrong managements decisions in the last years

Horrible leadership on all levels

Chaos at all levels, constant changes in staff and structure, upper management does not care about the people or company culture, knowledgable staff continually ignored to serve the whims of the CEO, no investment in teaching the staff how to use company products, no advancement opportunities, no women in higher management positions, no attempt to connect departments and make cohesive decisions, no onboarding process for new staff, being a data driven company only important when it suits the upper management, zero confidence from the employees in the company strategy, feedback points from terrible employee survey results never addressed, employees in constant fear of being fired for no reason, no bridge between technical teams and the rest of the company, long, boring quarterly meetings with no real information, just staff forced to listen to the CEO go on for an hour

no learnings from team surveys the executives don't seem to know what they're doing. they are always talking about "team empowerment" and "transparency" but the opposite is the case. toxic work culture. the company "strategy" has been changed from one day to the other and more than 100 people had to go. a workers council doesn't exist unfortunately. it seems that the company is run by the investors.

Native seems to be a place where talent goes to die. I have met too many people that have moved on from the company after frustration that their unique talents were not being fully utilized by the company. In some cases employees are even willing to leave money on the table to pursue opportunities they find more fulfilling which is a shame because their talents and contributions are sorely needed.

Lack of processes causing lot of manual work

Low salary, competitive culture, design positions are undervalued and underpaid

- DEIBA and sustainability topics are in their infancy, but there is a strong and very real commitment from the new Executive Team. - The company has been through a turbulent few years which has lead to a need for rebuilding in some areas. However, with this there is of course great opportunity.