It's a big company with a lot of red tape. There are so many people that need eyes on everything that it really delays the process of deploying anything.
One thing that I think about constantly with regards to my time at Autodesk is how much I feel like the system is not set up for people of color to succeed. The D&I team has put in tremendous effort towards inclusivity and belonging within the company and it does not go unnoticed. However, that's just one piece to feeling seen and heard within the company. The leaders who make decisions on promotions and merit increases are oftentimes not people of color and with them comes biases. Bias training is great and highly necessary, but if the people who have a seat at the table to make merit and promotion decisions don't put that training into action, who's going to hold them accountable? A lot of these decisions are made without a person of color having a seat at that table and it's very obvious when you look across the organization and don't see any diversity at the top. Instead, you see diversity at the individual contributor level. It makes me question whether or not people of color can see their career grow at Autodesk.
