National Instruments Employee Reviews
Out of 111 National Instruments employee reviews, 62% were positive. The remaining 38% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping National Instruments improve their work culture. The Engineering team, with 54% positive reviews, reports the best experience at National Instruments compared to all other departments at the company.
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Reduce meetings and distractions, let the work get done.
Improve decision making & have a well defined vision for the company.
The leadership needs to know the business and the customers and stop spending all the time in meeting rooms and slides. They focus on pretty slides while they use customers because the leadership does not know the business
Review from Engineering Dept
Stop changing company directions every couple of years and let things play out and back decisions with transparent data for your employees.
Review from Engineering Dept
Leadership development - there are far too many decision makers with no leadership, management, practical experience
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
Too many disruptions, too many meetings, managers seem clueless and it all rolls downhill. Pay is below market.
They give you your compensation on a scale where 1 is the average from an external source. And I have always been below the average. If I compare to friends that use to work here and left omg we are behind. I have stayed only because I like the people/friends I have at the place.
Pay on par with competitors. Adequate compensation over and above depending on individual responsibilities.
no automnomy. All decisions made by HQ
Review from Engineering Dept
Take a look at your competition around town and stop pretending you're not vying for the same talent. Either pay market comp or settle for lower standards. Can't preach you hire the best when you don't pay like it.
Review from Engineering Dept
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
Start hiring for experience and results. Reduce meetings and distractions.
They need to try and be a little less cutthroat with each other, mostly everyone is wonderful though.
Inexperienced, ineffective, "fan boy" mentality
Politics and unnecessary red tape often inhibit collaboration
Review from Marketing Dept
Team is great, lots of talented people, very good management (rare, have been on many teams). A shining star in a bleak sky.
Review from Engineering Dept
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
Better support for the front line - tools, resources, productive time without disruptions.
Improve Diversity - Very few woman employees, fewer women in leadership roles. Be more inclusive - Not very inclusive of branches outside USA.
The company needs leadership that the employees trusts.
Review from Engineering Dept
Remove the "leadership team" and rebuild - NI is the yahoo of the test and instrumentation industry
What would you improve about your company's interview process?
Very slow, no clear communication. The questions asked during interview is not related to the job expectations in any way. Also too many rounds during interview. They are not clear on the job description. It is too generic.
Interview for competency not for "cultural alignment"
Review from Engineering Dept
Company should know what kind person they need
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
Upper management needs to get out and walk around once in awhile. They are truly out of touch.
Changes in investments on products too frequent. Poor purpose & vision of the company. They are not clear where they want to be & just have some fancy words for vision & mission.
bad manager bad leadership fail to have better plan.
The company has lost focus and the leadership communicates soundbites with no meat in it
Review from Engineering Dept
Management are making seemingly poor, ill informed decisions without transparency nor accountability. Engineers are left to suffer the consequences. Get more competent managers who have actual engineering experience, not those who didn't make the engineer grade early in their careers.
Review from Engineering Dept
What would you most like to see improved at your company?
accountability and rewarding top performers