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National Instruments Reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(2,457 total reviews)

Alex Davern

63% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

National Instruments has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,457 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
1.0
9 Oct 2018

Software Engineer

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Pros

Every one is approachable If you are into fun activities and games, there is scope for conducting them Good camaraderie Good to work for 1 or 2 years as a fresher Location (It might no longer be a pro)

Cons

1. No definite roadmap other than fancy statements 2. All the control lies with head office at Austin, Texas. They are rude and consider superior to other branches. No autonomy with branches. Every minute thing needs a nod from them. They don't want other branches to come up. 3. Lot of politics when it comes to travel opportunities. Managers and seniors abuse and never let others travel. 4. People are not valued. The concern is only about release(especially after new CEO took charge). 5. Work life balance is pathetic for some teams. Lot of late evening calls with head office (almost on daily basis). 6. A bit of sexual discrimination (men are not treated with equal respect as women) 7. Unfair work environment. Many teams don't have a lot of work. They work from 11 to 5. Some teams need to slog it out with many hours beyond work hours. Yet there is not much of a difference in salary (1-2% difference in hike). Infact promotions are easier in large teams with laid back employees. 8. Pay is a joke. There is no correlation between pay and the effort you spend. 9. This is not a place for ambitious hard workers. Career growth is non existent. They simply don't want employees to grow. 10. Employees don't get due credit. No transparency what so ever. Tech leads and managers will be all over the place and take credit for everything and mask the contributions of junior developers. (If you do 90% of a work, tech leads get credit for it. you'll get credit for 10% of the work you dint do). 11. There is no confidentiality in the conversations you have. If you discuss something in confidence with some senior person, you will most likely hear someone else discussing it in the washroom the next day!

1.0
23 May 2019

On a downwards spiral

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Pros

Tech Savvy Peers almost a Cult feeling

Cons

Strong disregard for people, process is the most important buzzword. Globalizing every process with no room for adaptation. Used to a great place to work for due to innovative products, reducing the R&D investments to improve margins heavily while competition is clean sweeping the markets.

1.0
26 Mar 2018

No growth

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Big desks seem to be the only pros

Cons

Negative work environment. Extremely high attrition , employees pitted against each other

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