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National Instruments Company Culture

National Instruments Culture

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3.2/5
National Instruments' Overall Culture is rated C

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National Instruments CEO

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Alexander M. Davern National Instruments' CEO
Alexander M. Davern
67 /100
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National Instruments employees generally work 8.9 hrs a day
Work Hours
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Employees at National Instruments report the work pace is moderate
Work Pace
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On a typical day, employees at National Instruments have 4+ meetings
Meetings
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88% of National Instruments employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
Coworkers
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National Instruments employees most often take 15-20 paid vacation and sick days each year
Perks & Benefits
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80% of National Instruments employees report they are happy with their work life balance
Work Life Balance
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National Instruments employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Once a year
Feedback
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76% of National Instruments employees call their work environment positive
Environment

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What do people at National Instruments think about the CEO? What do they do well and what can they improve?

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  • Will simply bleed the company to the bone to grow profitability while revenue continues to lag. NI is good at not spending money,...

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What part of National Instruments's business is growing fastest? What part is having difficulties?

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  • All are having difficulties. SMU is growing fastest. Any other fast growing groups are too small to be meaningful.

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What are your coworkers at National Instruments like?

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  • Generally talented and interested in their work on the technical side. Completely inept and unproductive if ELP graduate middle managers.

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What are you most excited about working at National Instruments?

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  • Not working more than 40 hours a week. Access to interesting technology.

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If you could make changes, how would you improve the culture at National Instruments?

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  • Encourage risk taking in R&D and reward innovative work. Remove the egalitarian mindset and allow high performers to be retained with...

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What do you look for in a new hire? is it hard to recruit someone good?

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  • yes it is difficult because they know NI pays below average.

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H1B Visa

In 2019, National Instruments applied for 58 H1B visas. Of the work permits applied for, 88% were approved.

Work Permit Application Outcome

National Instruments has a total of 7400 employees

58
Total Applied
  • 88% Granted (51 out of 58)
  • 0% Denied ( out of 58)
  • 0% Withdrawn Application was withdrawn by the employer before approval/rejection ( out of 58)
  • 12% Certified-Withdrawn Application was approved but later withdrawn by employer (7 out of 58)

This data was calculated using publicly sourced data from OFLC Performance Data

Gender Score How positively women rate their overall experience at National Instruments

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National Instruments currently ranks in the Top 35% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

Diversity Score How positively minorities rate their overall experience at National Instruments

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45%

National Instruments currently ranks in the Bottom 45% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

eNPS

Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"
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eNPS Score
25%Promoters
23%Passives
52%Detractors

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Mission, Vision, & Values

NI equips engineers and scientists with systems that accelerate productivity, innovation, and discovery.

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National Instruments Culture At a Glance

National Instruments has 7400 employees. 99 employees at National Instruments have reviewed National Instruments across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was months ago.

Overall, the 99 National Instruments employees give their leadership a grade of C, or Bottom 45% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at National Instruments are mostly dissatisfied with their total compensation at National Instruments, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at National Instruments are pleased with their team. 99 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a B. The majority believe the meetings at National Instruments are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at National Instruments believe the environment at National Instruments is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at National Instruments is moderate. About 65% of the employees at National Instruments work 8 hours or less, while 7% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.

Overall, the employees at National Instruments are not very happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

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  1. 1st
    Agilent Technologies
    78 / 100
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    Anritsu Company
    78 / 100
  3. 3rd
    Advantest
    77 / 100
  4. 4th
    Tektronix
    68 / 100
  5. 5th
    National Instruments
    65 / 100
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