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Sinking Ship - Software Engineer Native Instruments Employee Review

1.0
Aug 30, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Great peers who are passionate about music, nice community area. During the time before all the layoffs the mood was relaxed and people got work done.

Cons

Indecisive c-level management. New projects get cancelled last minute resulting in massive layoffs (3 in the past year!). People are quitting in hoards resulting in a very serious brain drain. Global headcount reduced to around 400 from a high of 650. Overall lack of motivation in the office. Lack of career opportunities for ambitious and hardworking people. Pay is low (expect 15-20% under current Berlin market rate) and no performance benefits (bonuses, etc) resulting in no reason to overachieve. Sexist work environment.

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Native Instruments Response
6y
We appreciate your feedback and we realize it is a difficult time of change at Native. Parting ways with 100 of our colleagues has been the most difficult part of our transformation, but we had to make some structural changes in order to be able to execute on the new vision. In regards to career opportunities, we do strive to provide our employees with development opportunities and will be creating a more structured approach to this in the coming months. You have mentioned here some matters that we take very seriously such as a sexist environment and we'd like to investigate this in greater detail. If you could please contact the People team to share more details around specific situations, we'd appreciate it.

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Great people to work for

Cons

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Native Instruments Response
2y
Thank you for your short and sweet feedback. We're thrilled to hear that you've found our team to be great to work with! Your feedback about pay is important to us, and we understand the significance of fair compensation. We're in the process of implementing a new global career framework with levels roles and salaries. As part of this, we evaluated our pay structures to ensure they remain competitive within the industry. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
4.0
Dec 3, 2025
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Pros

Super cool environment and amazing products that are easy to sell, cause who doesn't love music!

Cons

A lot of miscommunication and groupthink can make marketing projects spiral when they could have been more efficient by just meeting sooner.

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