I love everything BUT the PTO policy - Sales Development Representative Autodesk Employee Review

4.0
Jul 11, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Incredibly competitive pay, great benefits, super progressive, really interesting work, amazing co workers , good management.

Cons

PTO Policy is one of the worst I've ever experienced. It's true that every 4 years we are allowed a 6 week sabbatical, but I would rather just have more PTO accrued each year. We are given 12 days of vacation time per year but expected to use 3 of them in July during a mandatory vacation week, leaving us with just 9 days per year off. That is not enough, especially compared to other tech companies in the industry. Many employees are forced to take unpaid days off if they need to take more than what we are allotted, and losing one or two days of pay is incredibly hard.

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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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