Probably the worst company you can "dream" of - Anonymous employee Autodesk Employee Review

1.0
Jun 14, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I guess the SF office is nice? Other than that, it's all horrible. I really can't think of any pros.

Cons

Mid management uses their employees like third world sweat shop. Depends on your luck, some teams don't work you 50 hours a week. But a lot of teams in the marketing and software development would definitely work you easily 50 hours a week. The most scary part is the company advocate a culture of being supportive of their employees with their careers but you'd better keep your mouth shut doesn't matter what you are going through. HR would never champion YOU. This company has probably the worst politics going on in a tech industry. I can't describe exact details because it would be easy to identify who I am. But trust me, this is probably the last place you want to work for. Most good companies have turnover about 3-6 years or so. A lot of the senior managers in this company just get rotated around despite what their specialization is. This company does not respect specialization unless you are software engineer. Everyone else is supposed to be able to do anything and will be pushed to do so. By the end of my employment they are trying to find ways to tarnish my employment record but I wouldn't let that happen. Please! Don't come to work for this company unless you know exactly the team well. Otherwise you will end up in a sweat shop.

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2.0
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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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