Today, NI President Ritu Favre announced another round of layoffs. This time, NI employees in the Americas, Europe, and Asia will be affected. No word on the number of positions affected. Affected employees will receive an invitation tonight (US)... — read more 

It has been widely communicated within NI this week, that a France-based R&D site will entirely close this year. I’m curious whether we’ll witness the first strike at NI!

The way they under pay employees is criminal. A nice campus, cafes, gym, doctors office, and deck parties do not in any way justify the atrocious pay scale. I know multiple employees who were laid off only to find new jobs at significantly higher... — read more 

We will find out on December 7th (fittingly, Pearl Harbor Day) how many NI employees will be laid off.

Everyone says nothing's changing and business as usual. But looks like folks have been laid off silently. More to come?

Now that the acquisition by Emerson has been announced, I guess we should expect layoffs? Any insights?

What the best option? Emerson, Fortive, or Keysight?

Top talent is not immune to layoffs. I was a top performer and had the #’s to back it up. I was paid more and older than the average, plus my specific focus area and position was outsourced. So, take your pick of any three. In the end, it’s a... — read more 

What was the severance with NI with the layoffs back in late 2020? How many weeks per year, months of medical provided, prorated bonus, RSUs?

What is going on within the finance organization, specifically FP@A roles. Seems like the goal is to centralize the function and have more roles in austin versus field locations.

I had many ambitions before I came here. Now I wonder if it’s just me or is this company not a place where it is possible to grow a decent career?

The number of job openings on the website were over 400 a few weeks ago and now sitting at around 230. When will the other jobs be unfrozen?

What and when is going to happen?

Someone's made a good observation that marketing people are not clear on who our target customers are. You don’t need to be a great marketing expert to see that they are doing things wrong. Worst of all, they learn nothing from their mistakes. Maybe... — read more 

Perhaps you could've saved at least a few positions from not wasting money on renaming the company. How much did changing everything to NI cost anyway??? Nothing like laying off just before Christmas. Sending jobs to Hungary. A–holes. — read more 

For example, Austin tech company National Instruments announced at the end of October that it would lay off about 650 of its workers worldwide, the Austin... https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/11/slow-job-growth-biden/

After the latest layoffs? I have. They say one thing then blindside us with something completely different. This has happened before, but never to this extent. If it was any other time I'd already be looking for a new job. This pandemic is the only... — read more 

I haven't heard of anybody outside of the U.S. being impacted despite the last layoffs round being announced as being global. Am I wrong? If I'm not, then it just feels like we are always the ones who get the short end of the stick every time when it... — read more 

The current state of ni mirrors a "circus on a treadmill" - a stationary journey causing the entire organization to be busy interlocking within rather than serving external business opportunities. At the same time, the competition zooms past gaining... — read more 

We all knew layoffs were coming, the company has been having issues for a long time even before the pandemic arrived and made everything three times worse. I'm more worried about this being just the start. I don't want to get lulled into a false... — read more 

(Except that we exceeded Wall Street expectations by losing less than we were expected to lose. Talk about grasping at straws.) National Instruments Corp (NATI) Q3 2020 Earnings Call... — read more 

On Oct 29 2020, NI announces a 9% reduction worldwide.

I heard from a colleague that NI laid off people in the Americas Sales org - primarily Field Sales and Operations. Anyone know any details?

Always 90% b—s— 10% truth

National Instruments laid off people at all their sites - Austin. china, India

Things started changing in 2017 when Dr. T retired… Our new C-level-line-up is numbers oriented and everyone has become a number – the soul of the company has changed. The employees are seen as ‘expenses’ which was never the case before. Now we have... — read more 

National Instruments Corp. is struggling, it's a well known fact, i used to work there and i can tell you it's not fun. i am glad i got out... good luck to all of you that stayed over there...