Frequent re-orgs ruining a great workplace - Senior UX Designer Autodesk Employee Review

2.0
Jan 23, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Would mostly agree with other reviews. There's positive, collaborative environment and office politics is very less. Dealing with middle managers can be tricky, but nothing hugely alarming. They have good catalogue of products and their mission is well-put.

Cons

I have been laid off twice. Had managers changing every few months. During my second stint, it was all talk and no work. They spent more than 7 months to define team charter and then one day removed me without any feedback. If you are in an engineering role or bring some domain expertise, you could have a secure future here. If you're in one of the support roles, you will never know when you'll be removed... especially designers. UX Design is mostly afterthought here. There is no formal design review, no internal design community, no focus on a design system. Product managers mostly run the show and engineering complies. If you want to build significant influence within the company, you better not be in APAC. Decision making is mostly centralized around US.

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5.0
Jun 1, 2026
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Pros

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

Cons

Medium Pay, Not Amazing Stock Packages

2.0
Jun 12, 2026
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Recommend
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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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