Is Autodesk a good company to work for?

Autodesk has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 5,899 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?

"6 week paid sabbatical every 4 years is a great benefit and motivation to stay on long" ((in 569 reviews)); "The people at Autodesk were great and the work was extremely interesting." ((in 529 reviews)); "Supportive and good work life balance." ((in 514 reviews)); "Good pay and benefits/ancillary perks" ((in 154 reviews)); "Great peers and colleagues" ((in 136 reviews))

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

"bad management and too many re" ((in 173 reviews)); "bad managers (if you are unlucky) creating toxic working env" ((in 133 reviews)); "Bad managers and upper management are hard to get rid of." ((in 37 reviews)); "No job security — frequent reorganizations and sudden team changes create a sense of instability." ((in 23 reviews)); "1. Hyderabad office is running on lot of favoritism and bad work ethics." ((in 15 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?

San Francisco , San Rafael , Denver , Boston , Portland , Atlanta , New York , Novi , Manchester , Detroit , Waltham , Los Angeles , Lake Oswego , Seattle , Chicago , Washington , Pittsburgh , Irvine , San Jose , Phoenix , Austin , Dallas , California City , San Diego , Oakland , Philadelphia , Raleigh , South San Francisco , Boulder , Carlstadt

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4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(4,621 total reviews)

Andrew Anagnost

79% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

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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

1.0

Jun 4, 2014

Uninspiring

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

What our customers are doing with our products is really inspiring. Workload is 9-5 kinda work day and that is the reason why Autodesk has a relatively good employee retention.

Cons

Totally uninspiring leadership (below Carl Bass that is): politics prevails over efficiency. Mediocracy is deep down in the culture. Intrapreneurship is not valued at all. Compensation totally off market, by far.

3.0

May 2, 2014

Great People, Dysfunctional Management

User experience designer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great people doing the actual work. Most are highly committed to the products they are making and the industries they are serving. Lots of great ideas.

Cons

Constant reorganizations poor communication up and down the management chain little opportunity for advancement a tendency to throw the baby out with the bathwater every time there is some new direction lots of internal politics by managers trying to please their managers

3.0

Feb 19, 2014

Bureaucratic

Territory sales manager

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

It's a huge company and has tons of resources. Everyone knows Autodesk so it's not hard to have conversations with customers. Compensation plan is pretty good.

Cons

It takes forever to get anything done. Endless meetings. Dozens of people involved in making simple decisions. Keep your head down and go with the flow and you can survive most of the reorgs. Reorgs are pretty regular.

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