Solid larger company - Anonymous employee Autodesk Employee Review

4.0
Oct 25, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Autodesk truly powers the world of Architecture, product design, engineering and construction with industry standard software. The company is truly dedicated to education, diversity, sustainability and making the world a better place. Hours can be flexible and the organization is family-friendly. As a larger, global company there are many areas to work in. They also have some great innovative components such as Pier 9 and the Gallery at One Market in SF. Recently (2017) they successfully changed leadership and CEO Anagnost is energetic and charismatic in a complementary way to former CEO Bass. Employee peer recognition system helps to support colleagues to ensure they get recognition for their work. Autodesk is committed to its principles.

Cons

Decent benefits, though pay seems to at best match industry counterparts, not lead them. As a larger company, there tends to be a lot of overhead. Work silos have been a challenge, but there are solid efforts to share more across teams, but the down side is that there are fairly frequent re-orgs which can tend to increase the sense of insecurity.

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5.0
Jul 1, 2026
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Pros

This company is amazing! When you start you get a decent sized home office stipend but the on going benefits are great as well, including but not limited to a monthly WiFi reimbursement, a yearly wellness reimbursement, the option to work from a foreign country for up to a month a year, stock options, and much more! Aside from that, all the people I’ve worked with thus far are so easy to get along with and everyone truly pulls their weight.

Cons

Like any large company, there are occasional layoffs,

2.0
Jun 12, 2026
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Pros

The individual contributors, your peers you work with day in and day out are fantastic people! At the IC level, for the most part, it feels like everyone is in the fight together. The work/life balance is good depending on which business unit/team you're aligned with. The benefits are pretty solid, especially the 6 week sabbatical.

Cons

Autodesk moves at the pace of a snail, very slow to take action on anything. Selling is very difficult with all the undocumented approvals, processes, red tape and very few people are willing to actually help! Leadership doesn't care about the people their decisions impact. Feedback is rarely listened to and acted upon. Pay is terrible compared to competitors in this space. Autodesk has embraced a ton of change over the last few years with new marketing, sales and IT leadership and it shows. They are not shy in showing their desire to be the next Oracle at the expense of their people. They are constantly changing tools, processes, people, roles, you name it so you feel like you're under water constantly. Lipstick on a pig.

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