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People and Culture

National Instruments strongest and most sustainable competitive advantages are our people and culture, which have the greatest long-term impacts on our four stakeholders: employees, customers, investors, and suppliers. Our long-term view, known as the 100-year plan, looks decades into the future. It asks which company philosophies, ethics, values, and principles we need to guide the company’s growth through generations of employees to ensure that the strong culture of innovation and fun is nurtured and grown. There are three critical components of the 100-year plan: NI core values, NI culture, and the NI way.

Commitments

  • Hire and retain the best and brightest
  • Create a great place to work
  • Provide superior employee development

NI Core Values

People stay at NI because of our culture, core values of constant respect for employees, uncompromising honesty and integrity, dedication to NI customers, and commitment to innovation. NI leaders and employees model these values and work hard while having fun. At NI, we meet our customers’ needs by delivering products that improve everyday life. We are proud to know we make a difference.

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NI Culture

NI has built a solid corporate culture by recruiting the best and brightest people who have strong values and ethics, creating a great work environment, and offering superior employee development to grow talents. NI managers work to develop employees based on their strengths versus asking them to conform to a company mold. Each year, NI officers and managers better understand the importance of building on this “people advantage,” which ultimately leads to an NI advantage that will carry the company through its 100-year plan.

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The NI Way

Our values and culture make NI unique and are based on the “NI way.” The NI way is about trusting employees to do the right thing. It is about innovation, technical excellence, and working hard and playing hard. The NI way balances our long-term vision with our short-term goals. It is part of the company’s history – from a garage start-up to a global company that is revolutionizing the industry through innovative products and services that improve everyday life.

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