Could be a Great Company again - Worried About Our Future - Anonymous employee Autodesk Employee Review

3.0
Jul 25, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Smart People Creative and Passionate People We really can change the world Well intentioned great benefits trusting environment strong relationships between peers and managers A lot of potential if we can get ourselves out of the way

Cons

SVPs are TOO competitive with eachother slows everything down we have too many redundancies in the product teams.....each SVP wants their own. no sharing or people, ideas, etc. CEO staff doesnt wear the company hat Very political....need to be a friend of the CEO Slow moving and too much process Support functions drive the org (tax, legal, etc) We are told to move fast - toward what? we can move fast but if we dont get rid of our big company processes nothing will change and AD will be left behind. People have personal agendas.

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Good WLB Low Turnover Rates Interesting Projects/Work Full Benefits + 401k

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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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