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Attrition is currently high - Senior Software Engineer National Instruments Employee Review

2.0
Jun 14, 2015
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Pros

There is definitely interesting work going on within the company, though that could vary widely depending on the group. Work environment is relaxed though conservative (think cube farm from the 90's). Transparency through upper management is quite reasonable.

Cons

Employee incentives are currently misaligned. Bonuses are pathetic on top of laughable salary. Everybody gets the same bonus percentage based on a completely unrealistic company-wide target. Performance reviews have no bearing on compensation. High performing employees might be rewarded with a gift certificate. With tech booming, employees are leaving for other companies with base salary increases of 20% or more. Senior management has recognized the attrition, but has yet to act.

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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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