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3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(2,461 total reviews)

Alex Davern

62% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

National Instruments has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,461 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
2.0
Dec 20, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good place to gather up experience for the first 5 years. You get to learn a lot of different things for 5 years. Stay focus on your task and you will learn a lot from senior people

Cons

After 5 years then its dog eat dog world in the corporate. If you are a very good talker and socialize with the right people then you will have a bright future in the company. It does not need a brain to go up in management chain, but you do need a loud mouth. If you are a pure engineer and would like to excel in technical side, then you will get left out and get ordered around by loud mouth and there will be little chance to get anything from management since they only see you as the dude who get things done but who cares otherwise.

3.0
Dec 16, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Small Company - You know everyone around. Even though this is changing currently, but the core culture is still very informal. Flat Hierarchy - You can contact senior managers straight off if you have issues. Good Pay - The starting pay is very good. Good Work-Life Balance - This means you are not found slogging it out always.

Cons

Poor Hikes - Even though they pay well in the beginning, they make up for it by poor hikes. In the end, one would wonder if you'd be better off somewhere else. Unique Technology - Paralyzes your aspirations and chances of working outside Poor Training - Quite often, you will be stuck with things you don't know and you'll have to do your own research. While it seems to be good, this only results in lack-luster performance on your part or poor quality, not to mention waste of time. Highly Polarized Recruitment Policy - Instead of going for reputed colleges, the recruitment process is relying on local colleges way too much. This, as a result, is lowering the quality of engineers being recruited. Also, untrained/inexperienced interviewers lead to poor judgment. Lack of transparency in compensation policies - There is no way I can know whether they're telling the truth about how things are with my peers. Its just a matter of trust, and judging by their overall policies, it is very hard to do that.

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