Terrible Toxic Work Environment - Anonymous employee Autodesk Employee Review

1.0
Apr 16, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Salary and benefits are ok. Some departments I heard had a good work environment.

Cons

Very toxic environment in some teams, especially in Finance. Several people left because of bad management and bad employee treatment. I have worked at multiple companies and this is the worst place. There are people who are there for 15-20 years, buddies with each other, with an attitude to know everything, supporting each other up even if not complement or qualified. People with terrible management skills manage people. You can’t complain to HR because they won’t do anything. I was constantly analyzed why I said this or that, and from day 1 I was told what areas I had to improve on. From day 1! It was very unwelcoming. Your confidence is killed from the very beginning. There was unclear and inconsistent management advice, lots of criticism, gossips, frequent drama and conflict.

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