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National Instruments

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Good company overall but little respect for manufacturing and company culture not what it used to be - Engineer National Instruments Employee Review

3.0
Aug 12, 2014
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Pros

Offers stable employment compared to other tech companies in the area Original founder is still CEO and has good core values R&D engineers highly regarded Profit sharing and ESPP

Cons

Tends to be lower paying for tech jobs in the area Still experiencing growing pains with confusion amongst roles Manufacturing jobs continue to get outsourced at a much higher pace than any other part of the company Culture has faded away over the years due to cost cutting, market and investor pressures

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5.0
Apr 13, 2026
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Pros

The people and the culture! Mostly very helpful, smart, fun loving group of employees. NI hired a lot for culture fit and that made the day to day a lot of fun.

Cons

Company vision from the higher ups suffered greatly after the pandemic.

3.0
Mar 30, 2026
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Pros

Work with a lot of smart folks

Cons

Management could have provided support to the team rather than asked employees to work harder

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