Native Instruments reviews about "leadership"

Leadership is a mess. After a shuffly of CEO's the direction of the company is a little unknown and very volatile. There isn't much training or advancement, you are on your own to progress youin r career. Can be underpaying.

Strap in. More than anything, the biggest downside is there is little to no stability here. There are constant departures from senior positions, and the threat of layoffs is always seen in everyone's eyes. Every all hands feels like a layoff is coming. People who've worked for the company for decades have been jumping ship for years with no real effort to rehire to these roles. Very low possibility for career advancement. Especially in creative roles, people do not commonly get promoted or even given raises. The pay is also massively substandard for a company of NI's size and industry notoriety. No bonuses, many years without a raise. The company is always strapped for cash, despite how badly it wants to make every year like 2020 when we were all inside making music. After being bought by private equity, it's gotten much worse. The executive team feels like they're just coasting on big salaries until the company folds. C-suite frequently in flux, with 6+ CEO changes over four years and a revolving door of other leaders, it always felt like NI wasn't on stable footing. Overall, the frequent change in leadership and management by private equity transitioned the company from a passionate audio company focussed on making interesting and compelling products people wanted, to a business that was more focussed on constantly re-releasing old products with few updates to squeeze what cash they can out of their customer base. Creativity both in app development and marketing was quashed in the interest of making the safe sale. Finally, they treat their people like statistics. Frequently, layoffs and firings happen right after product launches; as soon as you finish a massive campaign or project, someone will come in with an AI-written termination notice and drop you like a hot potato.

Horrible leadership on all levels

Unorganized leadership from C level to department leads. C level and execs have no experience in the audio industry and thus place horribly unrealistic expectations on development and sales. Decisions seem to be made on a whim with little research done and often lead to disappointing outcomes. They do not invest in their employees. I worked there for nearly 4 years, was promoted several times, and saw absolutely obismal pay increases that didn't come anywhere close to matching the amount of responsibilities I took on or the meet the increased costs of living 5 years behind on industry salary rates. No clear goals to grow company other than "to make a profit". Absolutely no internal growth. They will put up opportunities for interal hires and have them go through several stages of interviews, and then decide to simply not fill the role. Hiring and wage increases are negociated through the German Works Council even for American employees, which greatly hinders any career growth. Time zones difference between Berlin and USA makes collaboration very difficult. Slowly removing benefits that have been grandfathered in since the beginning days of iZotope

Limited career growth, constant leadership changes, confused about ongoing direction.

A few of my own peers and colleagues have a hard time to adjust to our new structures and ways of working. It makes me sad that some of them have provocative comments during company meetings - it's not good for morale and I hope they will decide to leave instead of making us listen to all their whining and gossiping. It's really not nice to hear them being so negative.

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