A great place to build skills with a great work-life balance, but little opportunity for long-term growth - Project Manager Autodesk Employee Review

4.0
Jan 17, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

- Great work-life balance - Flexible work hours - Competitive salary - Ability to work remotely - Great people - Autodesk has some of the nicest people I've ever met. - Meaningful work - You truly feel like the work you do matters. The company is involved in so many industries, and you know that your work can make a difference. - Global company - Autodesk has offices all over the world - Respectful work environment - People are polite and eager to come to the office. You can make friends for life.

Cons

- Silos between divisions and teams hinder meaningful change - Very large company, at times it's slow to adapt - Frequent re-orgs and restructures lead to instability and confusion - Your success in the org depends on a great manager - Lots of lateral growth, but very little vertical growth available. It is hard to get a promotion and grow your career due to the number of people at the top.

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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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