Very Political Culture - Director Autodesk Employee Review

2.0
Apr 9, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great marketing company that portrays innovation to the market.

Cons

Extremely political company - constant re-orgs, people posturing for their boss, not enough focus on providing value to the customer. They believe slick marketing solves all problems. Very challenging for those coming into the company from acquisition. In general, they will abandon your product that you worked to develop, throw it into a collection, and disappoint the customers you brought with you. From HR perspective, they treat employees like their customers - lots of great talk and slick marketing but little substance.

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Autodesk Response
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Thank you for sharing this and letting us know of your experience. Autodesk takes these concerns seriously and will follow our processes to ensure we continually improve our workplace environment. Autodesk has a Business and Ethics Hotline and we encourage anyone with questions or concerns to contact us through this hotline. You may contact the hotline by phone at 855-822-9535 or online at www.autodesk.ethicspoint.com.

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