Great benefits, Very Slow and Stagnant work environment. - Product Designer Autodesk Employee Review

2.0
Apr 18, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Autodesk has a competitive compensation package. Hours are flexible, with the ability to work remotely at times. It's a great place to go work if you want 9-5 so that you can get home and raise your kids.

Cons

Middle and Senior Mgmt are not trained/experienced managers, but promoted for work done in development or sales. Many redundant systems for doing the same thing. Layers of middle managers/directors protecting their jobs, creates a heavily political environment. It's a place that you risk becoming stale if you don't continually push, many people who have stayed or come there because it's comfortable.

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Cons

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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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