Great company, but needs improvements - Anonymous employee Autodesk Employee Review

4.0
28 Mar 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Innovating company, lots of products for various industries. Has great benefits (bonuses, stock options, week of rest between Christmas and New Year, and sabbatical every 4 years). Provides training and opportunities to move to different positions within the company, and you can work from home.

Cons

Too many layers of management, too many meetings that cut back the time you can really do some work. Expect late night or early morning meetings with teams from different time zones. There are also too many and confusing internal work processes, and constant changes and updates to software and tools to be used, which is very disruptive especially when getting close to releasing the final product. There is a disconnect between decision makers and the people that do the work. They don't understand the implications of their decisions. For example, changing the product name 1-2 months before the release means that various teams have to spend many overtime hours to finish the projects on time - and the deadlines are very strict).

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Cons

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2.0
12 June 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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