Great benefits, secretive management, questionable "culture" - Software Engineer Autodesk Employee Review

3.0
Jan 12, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Salary is very good. Health benefits are amazing. Many roles may be had as hybrid and/or remote. Culture code sounds good on paper.

Cons

Manager musical chairs. Managers with a "do as I say, not as I do" (managers and leadership expect individual contributors to adhere to a "culture code" but they do not themselves). Constructive feedback comes as a surprise at review time (once a year). Rare positive feedback throughout the year. No growth path or ways to move laterally; you are stuck for years in a role unless the organization changes you to another role. People that have no business being managers are made managers but people that express desire to get there are ignored. Managers are terrible people managers because they are expected to do other things as well - and those other things are what give them "visibility".

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5.0
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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
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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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