National Instruments Reviews

Former Employee – worked at National Instruments full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – NI is great for graduates, it provides for a lot of training and exposure to a vast portfolio of products and technologies. There are also varied paths for progression available. The environment is great, and the people are all friendly and approachable, even in higher management.

Cons – Working hours regularly include unpaid overtime. A company shouldn't "promote" time away from your personal life this much. Also, in the UK at least, the company is plagued with lower than average salaries, and an out-of-touch HR department. If an employee needs to speak to someone about a concern at work, the HR team is probably the last people he or she would consider; mostly because of one particular person there.

Advice to Senior Management – Help employees value their personal life, and help them manage their time and workload better. Also, it is imperative that the HR team gets an overhaul - there's probably been enough complaints about this one particular person already.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at National Instruments full-time for more than a year

Pros – - A brilliant industrial placement year in the middle of my degree offering lots of valuable experience
- An intership with 90+% of the responsibilities of the equivalent graduate position
- Excellent office environment; Great ethos, very friendly atmosphere, colleagues with genuine passion for there jobs!

Cons – - The salary was at the lower-end of similar Engineering degree placement schemes on offer at the time

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at National Instruments full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – - Great atmosphere.
- Work/Life balanced well
- Encouraged to innovate.
- Great benefits
- On-site Doctor's office

Cons – - Salary tends to be low when compared to similar positions on glassdoor
- While we used to do frequent group outings/team building activities, those have gone by the wayside (in my group at least).

Advice to Senior Management – - Pay your employees more!
- Reward them more.
- Add on-site daycare to benefits. Your employees are getting older and starting families.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at National Instruments full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Benefits, pay, great people to work with.

Cons – The cafeteria is very convenient but not the greatest food.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at National Instruments full-time

Pros – Good culture, great flexibility, excellent working environment

Cons – Low salary
Low benefit
Low increment
Limited career-path due to constant new hiring of higher position employee
Adjustment of salary is not instant, but take 2-3 years to be on par with the market (especially after escalation)

Advice to Senior Management – IT department :

Stop being vauntful and self-bragging of your ego-ness just because you are the biggest company in Hungary and well known in Austin (for working environment). Unfortunately, Penang is a land of gold full with MNCs and people will never be afraid of leaving because there are plenty of companies offering even better working environment and compensation packages.

The management is willing to pay more to hire someone who they've just known for 2 days in the interview rather than investing in the employees who've been working hard for years. Increments are pathetic. Although you knew that you are being paid under market price, as long as you do not make noises, management will take it for granted and ease with it. If this issue is not solved immediately, i foresee a lot of experienced employees will start leaving within these 1-2 years.

Favoritism is palpable especially in communications. The top management who visited Penang time to time only conduct communications to the seniors or local leaders, they never reach down to the bottom to understand what is happening and what they need.

Overall, most IT people rated themselves as the 3rd class employee in this company compared to Engineers in R&D because they belong to the "cost center" and not the revenue generator. This is especially obvious in small group's team events, budget planning, travels etc ...

IF you are a Engineer, NI is considered among the best. IF you are looking for IT position , please look else where. You worth MUCH MUCH MORE in other company.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at National Instruments full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – There is always challenges that provides many opportunities to learn. Plenty of overtime to allow making extra money to make up for the low pay. The insurance and benefits are good.

Cons – It is difficult to move up or out of manufacturing. Hours are long. Lots of overtime. This is a positive if you like making extra money but there is little time for life outside.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at National Instruments full-time for more than a year

Pros – Laidback atmosphere, cool products, smart coworkers

Cons – No clearly defined career path

Advice to Senior Management – Take your international employees equally important as your HQ employees

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at National Instruments full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – World-bettering products - employees are proud of what we make.
Open culture - it's easy and encouraged to speak with management.
Hire from within - Career opportunities abound for engineers

Cons – Salary - Pay is unashamedly less than peers
Consensus Culture - You can make a decision without 30 approval and no disapprovals. Even the janitor has veto power, it seems.

Advice to Senior Management – Take more risks.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at National Instruments full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Innovative marketing, Freedom to grow, Collaborative environment, Young average employee age

Cons – Sometimes slow to change, Not the most competitive salaries

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at National Instruments as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – There are many reasons I would like to share with you as to why its such a great place to work, but here are a few: The environment here is very professional and at the same time you enjoy yourself while working with in the different teams. The small forest here is a fantastic way to enjoy the outdoors while still working from your laptop. The cafeteria has great breakfast and lunch. There's a gym, basketball court and team bicycle riding. And that's just during lunch. There is always a good game of volleyball going on after work.

Cons – Honestly I never had a reason to feel dissatisfied.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the deck parties and the general life training meetings! From home buying to managing your financing, healthy life strategies etc...

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company