Autodesk reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(4,613 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 4,613 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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3.0
Jun 7, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great health plan and other fringe benefits in the US. Almost like an internet company. - Flexible work schedules and locations (working from home and remotely is common practice) - Reasonable work hours

Cons

- No advancement opportunities - Very political within the Media and Entertainment division - Hubris of a large company - Lack of desire or inability to deal with horrible people in positions of power

1.0
May 5, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very good work-life balance. People usually just work a few hours every day. The pay is not low but not high either. The company is not customer facing. And its products have sticky fact -- once the designers start using it, switching to another one is risky and costly. So it is sort of stable. It is still dominating building industry and 2D CAD area. I tried a few other 2D softwares. They are far worse than AutoCAD.

Cons

The reason why I give it one star is because of three reasons (without them the company deserves 3 stars): 1. when I leave the company recently, there is no exist interview. My manager asked HR but no response. The company doesn't care why you want to leave. 2. I worked long enough time that I earn a sabbatical, which is 6 weeks paid vacation. I did not get payment for this when I left the company. So I sent email to HR asking for this. I did not get any response either. 3. Early this year I had a friend who wanted to partner with Autodesk. So I sent an email to a senior sales manager asking how to do so. I did not get response. Apparently people working there just want to get paid. They are not passionate. This is the reason why I wanted to leave too. Only a few percentages of people really working hard -- I know a few of them. The rest are just lying in their chairs, sometimes making negative contributions. The company doesn’t pay excellent people enough – a few thousand dollar difference won’t encourage people to work harder and overtime. If you are smart and want to get paid for your contribution, don’t go there. Not much growth. It is not one of the top three companies in 3D manufacturing industry. Since going from 2D to 3D is inevitable, it is losing its foundation. When their old customers (designers) retire, the company will suffer. Pay is okay -- can't compete with the hot companies in bay area. Even startups can beat it. If you just want a job, this is a good company to work with.

3.0
Feb 17, 2016

Sales

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Solid sales training provided Good Compensation for exceeding quotas No micro management, you run your own business/territory Good benefits

Cons

Just a number on the team- "what have you done for me lately" attitude Multiple mass layoffs in the past 5 years and multiple re-orgs Frequent business model changes Low esteem within employee ranks

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