Okay place to work - Senior Finance Analyst Autodesk Employee Review

2.0
Dec 20, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The SF office is really nice; there are gyms, standing desk, walking desk, etc. They provide snacks, coffee, water. The benefits are good (health insurance, 401K, ESPP). If you are at the SF office you are close to Bart. The pay is just okay. The CEO and CFO seem like a cool guys and both seem very intelligent (I haven't worked with them personally).

Cons

The culture is more about watching your own back and promoting yourself in finance. Very political organization. Broken financial systems with incomplete data. Be prepared for managers to talk about you in front of you and behind closed doors. Little room for advancement. There is no training on how to perform in your job role, and limited regular training opportunities. Management will tell you learn from the mistakes you make. This conflicts, because the moment you do make a mistake management may hold it against you. Do whatever you can not to make any mistakes. A lot of people lack in the soft skills department. Depending on what role you take determines your work-life balance. I am left to wonder if the C-suite have any idea of what its like to be low on the totem poll in this company.

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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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