Is Autodesk a good company to work for?

Autodesk has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 5,900 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months. 80% of employees would recommend working at Autodesk to a friend and 70% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Autodesk have been left by employees working as Software Engineering Intern , Territory Sales Representative and Intern .

Does Autodesk pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Autodesk employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Autodesk. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Autodesk?

80% of Autodesk employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Autodesk 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Autodesk?

Software Engineer (277) , Senior Software Engineer (194) , Software Developer (69) , Intern (68) , Principal Software Engineer (61) , Product Manager (61) , Project Manager (56) , Technical Support Specialist (56) , Senior Manager (55) , Program Manager (53) , Software Engineer(Internship) (53) , Director (52) , Sales (51) , Manager (49) , Customer Success Manager (45)

What are the pros of working at Autodesk according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits and time off" ((in 573 reviews)); "The people at Autodesk were great and the work was extremely interesting." ((in 535 reviews)); "Supportive and good work life balance." ((in 521 reviews)); "Good pay and stock ownership for executives" ((in 156 reviews)); "Good salary and on boarding" ((in 140 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Autodesk according to real employee reviews?

"bad managers (if you are unlucky) creating toxic working env" ((in 132 reviews)); "Lack of vision and direction from senior management." ((in 31 reviews)); "2. No job security .... if they don't want they will fired you with a short notice." ((in 25 reviews)); "Extreme favoritism." ((in 13 reviews))

What are employees saying about Autodesk layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Autodesk layoffs and their outlook for job security at Autodesk in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Autodesk locations?

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Autodesk reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(4,621 total reviews)

Andrew Anagnost

79% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

Autodesk has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,621 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Autodesk employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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5K reviews

3.0

Aug 27, 2015

Flexible work, rigid structure

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

From a designer perspective, it's an environment where design has a strong voice, you don't have to fight for it as other tech companies. Flexible work hours, working from home, distance. Fancy and nicely located offices

Cons

No trajectory for career growth, especially if you are an individual contributor. Hard to output portfolio ready projects with too often changing directions. Distributed teams, clashing agendas, black box decision making.

1.0

Jul 14, 2015

Interesting if you like making

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people, opportunity to use a great workshop

Cons

It's operated completely in a different way in some group. In the group I was in, middle management decided that we have to be on-site Monday through Friday.

Autodesk Response

10y

Thanks for this feedback. I work closely with the leaders of the social media and PR team and can understand where you're coming from. PR works in "sprints" where we focus communication on a particular topic. Right now, it's making. It is valuable to hear that you think the focus might be too much on the topic considering as a company we do so much more! In terms of working from home, the company doesn't have a formalized policy on it. Each department is different and many have very flexible attitudes towards when and where you work. Good luck out there, thanks again for taking the time to provide your thoughts.

3.0

May 8, 2015

If your over 40, don't bother applying anymore

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, exciting and innovative changes happening with their products and solutions now. Some really great management who will really help you develop - depends on group and location.

Cons

Depends in which group you work for, can seem like completely different company. A lot of lip service and discussion time to development but real growth and opportunity only available to some in reality. All groups and divisions claim they are global but there is a lot of contraction now, hiring only in Bay area, young people lower payscales who don't have a lot of experience or skills. A lot of people with deep knowledge and experience - and higher paygrades - purged. Some VPs surround themselves with 'yes' men/women.

Autodesk Response

11y

I'm sorry that you're had this experience. I can assure you that we pride ourselves on fair hiring practices with regards to all protected classes (age included) but it's important for us to be aware if employees feel otherwise. Autodesk has a 3rd party service in place that you can use to talk about workplace issues and provide feedback anonymously (855-822-9535). Another option would be to contact your HR business partner. I have passed along this review to the appropriate HR leadership.

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