Turbulent organization with limited promotion opportunity - Senior Manager Autodesk Employee Review

3.0
Jan 3, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Autodesk is truly working on software to help customers design and create a better world. The examples are all around you. They pay their employees well in compensation and benefits. If you are a designer, artist, engineer-type, you can work on some amazing projects and products.

Cons

Major reorganizations every year or so. Working with 4th VP in three years. Hard to establish teams and deliver on mid to large initiatives when accountability shifts so often. If you are not a politician, it can be challenging to move up in the organization. Hard work, intelligence, loyalty, and skill do not always reflect in your title. Don't ever confuse Work/Life Balance with Work/Life Flexibility. Autodesk expects long hours, but does allow you to work them on the weekend, evenings, and early mornings, so you can squeeze in family time when they are awake.

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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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