Liberal Dumpster Fire, Too Big to Fail - SBDR Autodesk Employee Review

1.0
Aug 22, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Typical tech/SaaS/startup environment... snacks for days, fancy water/coffee machines that make anything you could dream up, free lunch, massage chairs, swag to make people feel proud, fancy meeting rooms, ability to work from any office or remote.

Cons

Upper management cannot explain comp plans to save themselves. This is a sales role... sales people like MONEY and knowing how they're able to earn that. If you can't explain how targets and attainment works, how can anyone stay motivated or want to stay? This was easily the biggest mess of a company I've experience, that's too big to fail with government contracts, and perks thrown at employees that makes them second guess wanting to leave. This place also favors the typical woke culture you'd expect and they sexualize the workplace (call it what it is) and favor certain groups while stomping on others. My building was wrapped in a giant rainbow, every window and door had a rainbow decal placed on it, and a work floor loaded with TVs promoted very "colorful" events - it was a VERY celebrated office space. Christian, Conservative, etc... beware of your values being stomped on like mine were. This place also

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5.0
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Pros

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

Cons

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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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