Not a good environment to work - Senior Data Scientist Autodesk Employee Review

1.0
May 3, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great benefits, good work and life balance if you know how to manage it. The design software products are amazing.

Cons

Too many politics and layers, things move very slowly. Lot of people have the attitude of either “it’s someone else’s fault” or “it’s someone else job to do that”. People and team work in silo, lack of transparency and cooperation. Some people get their way for (silent) promotion and ad-hoc overseas “home visit/business trips” just because they can “talk to” the manager. Some even bullied new comers. Salary is not set in the right target for the right experience, gender might be a contributing factor.

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2.0
Jun 12, 2026
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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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