Great company. Even greater if you are in or close to HQ - Anonymous Autodesk Employee Review

4.0
Jun 17, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great culture, great work environment and products that make an impact on the world. The leadership tries hard to steer the company to be cutting edge and innovative:

Cons

Many times it feels leaders within the organization are not held responsible for their decisions. For example a Director or a VP makes a decision or embarks on an initiative and even before the real effects of that decision is realized, that Director or VP is already celebrated and promoted or is asked to move onto something else. Currently the company seems to be in a bit of an identity crisis trying to be a cloud company without a clear idea of what makes a cloud company. Many times all the decisions to be too centered around San Francisco!

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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
Anonymous employee
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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