Autodesk reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(4,612 total reviews)
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Andrew Anagnost

80% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Autodesk has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,612 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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2.0
May 20, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The compensation (including healthcare and wellness packages) is generally pretty good. The company is very flexible when it comes to how you want to work. They're pretty generous with annual leave, and in fact during the pandemic they offered extra company-wide holidays so you could get a break. A lot of the people who work there are smart and great to work with.

Cons

The leadership team is a dumpster fire. The CEO lacks any sort of self awareness, let alone a compelling vision, which means it is left to his direct reports to pick up the slack; except they are all too busy in-fighting and trying to leapfrog each other. As a result the culture across the organization has steadily become more toxic. From my team a bunch of people were let go and no-one ever spoke of it publicly. One day they were there and doing great work, the next it was quiet and everyone spent the next few weeks with little to no direction and a sense of dread. When I said the compensation was good, part of that is the RSUs they offer periodically for good work. Except when they make you redundant you lose them all. They make you sign a gag order in order to get slightly more compensation than the government-mandated minimum, which is the pathetically small amount of money you will receive if you don't want to sign your rights away, or are holding out to see if redundancy can be averted.

1.0
Jun 16, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company makes (now more like maintains) software products that help engineers, architects, draftsmen and other professionals do their job.

Cons

In the last few years Autodesk abandoned investment in R&D to save money and deliver higher returns to investors. It is milking its hero products and not innovating.

2.0
Mar 11, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Family-Work balance is great on paper

Cons

You like your ego stroked? You love to strike the ego of peers? You feel great in an overly political environment? You love echo chambers and wants to be part of one? Don't forget Cargo cults! They have everything for you there.

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Autodesk Response
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Thank you for sharing this and letting us know of your experience. Autodesk takes these concerns seriously and will follow our processes to ensure we continually improve our workplace environment. Autodesk has a Business and Ethics Hotline and we encourage anyone with questions or concerns to contact us through this hotline. You may contact the hotline by phone at 855-822-9535 or online at www.autodesk.ethicspoint.com.
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