Just another old corporate company at the end of the day - Anonymous Autodesk Employee Review

3.0
Mar 18, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Autodesk is an ethical, humble, and good place. The current CEO is smart, transparent, and human. Work life balance is strong. This is a great place to get your start, take a break between faster-paced jobs, or retire.

Cons

It is almost impossible to get promoted. There are no initiatives for employee retention, and there is a huge pay gap between incoming and existing workers. Autodesk isn’t a top tech company, so it doesn’t attract top talent. This also means it tolerates mediocrity; it’s very hard to get fired here. Team culture and leadership is dependent on department.

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Autodesk Response
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Thank you for your candid feedback. We are always open to learning more about how we can improve, and if you want to share more about your particular concerns, please feel free to contact the Ethics Compliance Hotline: www.autodesk.ethicspoint.com or call 1-855-822-9535.

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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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