Good place to work if you can't find a better place - Software Engineer Autodesk Employee Review

3.0
Jun 26, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Good life work balance - though sometimes you have to work more than 8 hours a day before shipping the product, which is common among other corps in software industry. Good office location - don't have to worry about commute

Cons

compensation is just so so - is it that hard to pay a seasoned engineer 2000 bucks a month? too much politics for such a middle size corp management doesn't pay attention to employee's career's growth - take a look at Microsoft's fancy career model (yeah I agree Google doesn't have that too but come on...)

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5.0
Jun 1, 2026
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Pros

Good WLB Low Turnover Rates Interesting Projects/Work Full Benefits + 401k

Cons

Medium Pay, Not Amazing Stock Packages

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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