Small changes every few months, one retrench every 1-2 years - Senior Engineer Autodesk Employee Review

1.0
8 Mar 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Good place for managers.. Some works from home frequently, some just look at the monitor all day long, some just walk around and making noise in the floor. They are nothing more than a placeholder, contribute nothing to the company and the team, but earn the most and most relax.

Cons

Engineers are treated as low cost, easily replaceable workers. You think you just get promoted to principal engineer previous year and you are good? Too bad, you get retrenched due to the reason that your job can be replaced by younger and cheaper engineer.

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5.0
1 June 2026
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Pros

Good WLB Low Turnover Rates Interesting Projects/Work Full Benefits + 401k

Cons

Medium Pay, Not Amazing Stock Packages

2.0
12 June 2026
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Recommend
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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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