Extremely political with incompetent middle management - Anonymous employee Autodesk Employee Review

2.0
Mar 13, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great product.. and good work life balanced with good learning ops

Cons

I was on an extremely political team.. you’d be lucky if one person did not stab you in the back or try to take your credit. Honestly the work was too easy and I was used to working in startup and consulting environments and it was crazy that people were fighting over their projects so they had something to show for. Middle manager has no clue how to do anything and once asked me to put slide deck on the value of my tasks (that she assigned me) so she can present to her manager. Credit stealing is rampant. It was a shame because I loved the product.

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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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