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National Instruments

Is this your company?

If I could put below zero, I would. - Anonymous employee National Instruments Employee Review

1.0
Mar 16, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Easy to work from home, skip work, not come in. Good cafe on campus.

Cons

Lack of respect amongst coworkers and from managers to subordinates. The sense of entitlement amongst some of the leadership is disgusting. Some managers (enough where it is affecting the entire company) mistreat employees, demean, and ridicule them. The company's general lack of frugality while claiming they want to help the community is bordering on inhumane. Food from unnecessary catering services are thrown away every single day. There were recent firings of over 150 employees but they found it necessary to hold a $2 million dollar "Company Day" (AKA Attaboyfest). That money could have gone back to the community they claim to want to help. Hypocritical to say the least. NI likes to pretend they have a "company culture" like that of Google, Whole Foods, and other companies. The only company culture you can find at NI is that of backstabbing, lack of "rule of law" - surrounded by mini-dictators who treat their "fiefdoms" as such. STAY AWAY. BEWARE.

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Cons

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Cons

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