Autodesk reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(4,621 total reviews)
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Andrew Anagnost

79% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Autodesk has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,621 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Autodesk employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Jan 27, 2022

Love this company

Recommend
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Pros

Work-life balance, competitive and fair pay, great stock program, fairly good vacation policy (3 weeks + week of rest + 6 week sabbatical at 4 years ie: only complaint is it's not 4 weeks + week of rest).

Cons

This is the only reason they have four stars from me. They carry a very liberal mindset and indoctrination when it comes to Covid. If you're like that, this would be a pro. But for a company that touts inclusivity, they are not inclusive of those who have chosen a natural route of handling Covid as apposed to the vaccine. They disparage such employees even to the point of threatening employment (although thankfully for me it has only remained as a threat). Such work environment has made it less enjoyable to work here when one thing is touted and a very different thing is practiced, and it is disappointing. Another Con would be their career advancement opportunity really looks at predominately Autodesk experience. So if you get into the wrong department, it becomes a very tedious journey of climbing the proverbial ladder to get anywhere, even if with past experience you are more qualified than half the people of a job "two rungs up."

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Autodesk Response
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Thank you for sharing your candid feedback. We understand that the pandemic has caused unique challenges, and our goal is always to protect the health and well-being of our employees and community. We believe our decision to require anyone entering Autodesk offices in the U.S. to be fully vaccinated will bring us closer to returning to our offices safely together and curbing the pandemic.
2.0
Nov 19, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There is no progression for engineers here, the promotion increment is minimal as compared to people managers who get more frequent promotion and larger increment, with less "work", as they are not IC, they are placeholder of a magic chair called "manager", with it, guaranteed relaxation and wealth.

Cons

The only guaranteed career progression here is people manager, who just do nothing and wait for promotion after few years. Unfair compensation system. Many managers have zero skill, unfit to survive in the wild, yet commanding huge power and drawing high salary in Autodesk.

3.0
Nov 16, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

The acquired start-ups have cool cultures, very bottom-up style. Lots of great middle management people. Good work-life balance and benefits

Cons

Upper management seems disconnected from middle management and below. Some hostile cultures in certain organizations in the company. Work values and company culture is inconsistent. Pay is low and outdated but HR and compensation don't agree and refuse to use updated market research data. We've lost so many good engineers. Upper management is not great at addressing questions and concerns either. It's not clear how diversity and inclusion is done. The topic comes around a lot, but when recruiting, it's not clear how pipelines can improve diversity.

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