Another giant political machine with mind boggling , oppressive process - Engineer Autodesk Employee Review

1.0
Sep 9, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

There were some intelligent people there and most try to be nice. Howver, as always there are the usual mediocre engineers that think they are rockstars as well. This is not unique to Autodesk though so not a negative.

Cons

Absolute insanity with needing to get permission to blink on the platform from way to many people. (You are not google , please) Stop pushing the political views at work. Slack should not be a place where people get to spit out the usual culture politics of the day. Do that on your own time and leave SJW stuff at home. Consensus mentality is maddening. It is yet another horrible example of an agile casualty. All creativity and ability to design something great is crushed by the constant “all have to agree “ garbage. Building your own PaaS is just silly. Nobody there has the skills and there are many great tools already built for this that work better than anything you will ever come up with.

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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
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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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