Is Autodesk a good company to work for?

Autodesk has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 5,891 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 69% 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) , Product Manager (61) , Principal Software Engineer (59) , 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 a company that genuinely cares about its employees" ((in 573 reviews)); "The people at Autodesk were great and the work was extremely interesting." ((in 530 reviews)); "Supportive and good work life balance." ((in 519 reviews)); "Good pay and stock ownership for executives" ((in 152 reviews)); "Good Salary and Bonus every year" ((in 147 reviews))

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

"bad management and too many re" ((in 167 reviews)); "bad managers (if you are unlucky) creating toxic working env" ((in 141 reviews)); "Going through a tremendous change (see also pro) so leaders/teams/tools are constantly shifting; Limited career growth for high performers" ((in 35 reviews)); "Lack of vision and direction from senior management." ((in 29 reviews)); "Lack of diversity in some offices." ((in 13 reviews))

What are employees saying about Autodesk layoffs in 2026?

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What are the top reviewed Autodesk locations?

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Autodesk reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(4,614 total reviews)

Andrew Anagnost

80% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

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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 4,614 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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2.0

Dec 27, 2016

Good if you're an engineer, otherwise steer clear

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Good benefits like sabbaticals and health insurance. Interesting projects and markets that keeps the company innovating. Pay is ok, could be better, could be worse.

Cons

If you're a business person, just skip over it and go to a real company. Their marketing and business leadership is inexperienced and about a decade behind every other company in the industry in terms of thought, sophistication, and knowledge. Most executives in the organization come from software or engineering and actually have no real non-Autodesk experience in their respective fields. It's also extremely difficult to be promoted or move around due to an inflexible culture, strange org structure, and lack of resources for you to own something.

3.0

Jun 7, 2016

Consistent employment for someone without ambition

Senior software development manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great health plan and other fringe benefits in the US. Almost like an internet company. - Flexible work schedules and locations (working from home and remotely is common practice) - Reasonable work hours

Cons

- No advancement opportunities - Very political within the Media and Entertainment division - Hubris of a large company - Lack of desire or inability to deal with horrible people in positions of power

1.0

May 5, 2016

Was a good company

Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very good work-life balance. People usually just work a few hours every day. The pay is not low but not high either. The company is not customer facing. And its products have sticky fact -- once the designers start using it, switching to another one is risky and costly. So it is sort of stable. It is still dominating building industry and 2D CAD area. I tried a few other 2D softwares. They are far worse than AutoCAD.

Cons

The reason why I give it one star is because of three reasons (without them the company deserves 3 stars): 1. when I leave the company recently, there is no exist interview. My manager asked HR but no response. The company doesn't care why you want to leave. 2. I worked long enough time that I earn a sabbatical, which is 6 weeks paid vacation. I did not get payment for this when I left the company. So I sent email to HR asking for this. I did not get any response either. 3. Early this year I had a friend who wanted to partner with Autodesk. So I sent an email to a senior sales manager asking how to do so. I did not get response. Apparently people working there just want to get paid. They are not passionate. This is the reason why I wanted to leave too. Only a few percentages of people really working hard -- I know a few of them. The rest are just lying in their chairs, sometimes making negative contributions. The company doesn’t pay excellent people enough – a few thousand dollar difference won’t encourage people to work harder and overtime. If you are smart and want to get paid for your contribution, don’t go there. Not much growth. It is not one of the top three companies in 3D manufacturing industry. Since going from 2D to 3D is inevitable, it is losing its foundation. When their old customers (designers) retire, the company will suffer. Pay is okay -- can't compete with the hot companies in bay area. Even startups can beat it. If you just want a job, this is a good company to work with.

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