Native Instruments apparently being decimated by VC owners

Hey all, I'm a longtime NI fan. I have a ton of their gear, including M+, Komplete, Traktor X1, S5 and more. I have been hoping for NI to right itself given the issues we all have faced as customers over the years.

I took to Glassdoor to read some reviews from current/former employees and it's really not good. I don't want to repost anything from Glassdoor because of the promise of anonymity that Glassdoor has but I recommend people look if you have access. The long and the short is that the old CEO kept people and the company had pride, and since the VCs took over and merged the various companies (Brainworx, Izotope) everything is about profits and they have been hatcheting many many good people, and tons of the best people left. It's now all profit driven at the expense of making good products, retaining talent, and satisfying customers. I have heard this story before, and, unfortunately been in companies where that has happened and the end isn't pretty. The latest update by their product manager gave me some hope, but for all us customers, here's the warning you may be looking for in terms of if it's time to jump ship or take other action that makes sense for you. I suggest you take a look for yourself at the posts that are there. —- Edit: I will say that as far as many of their VSTs and sounds are concerned (and probably for the Keyboard/VST users) this probably isn’t a huge issue and may not apply - because they largely don’t require much maintenance or feature work. For the hardware (Traktor/Maschine) users - keeping up with the features (and basic functionality that should have been there from the beginning) that are sort of table stakes in the industry is critical.