Autodesk reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(4,617 total reviews)
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79% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Autodesk has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,617 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Autodesk employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Jul 12, 2017

Not a company for passionate and smart people

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Pros

Work from home policy in time of need , makes great products and has very loyal customers which makes you feel good about being a part of this company

Cons

India senior management cannot do justice to bright and opinionated employees. MD needs to be reminded that priority is building good work culture which he has miserably failed over last so many years .Wrong people are promoted hence India team is going through a phase where all good talent is resigning and joining far better companies. Only favourites thrive who are incompetent.

3.0
Jun 23, 2017
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Pros

• The IDEA behind the company is invigorating. • Great energy. • Some great people. • Good locations (especially Pier 9). • Sometimes great companies are acquired. • Good benefits.

Cons

• No way to advance without spending decades in the company. • EVERYONE is concerned only about their well being. • Too many hypocrites. • Too many people who carry old thinking in a new age. This is unacceptable. • People who design products, are the same people who kill the said products. (Let's try this one one more time...?) • Overly complex approach to pretty much everything within the company, which reflects in all the products. • Too many "cooks" in the kitchen, for absolutely no good reason. They'd hire 10 mediocre people instead of a single good one. • Always hiring developers over designers, in turn overloading designers without having enough meaningful work for developers. • Multi-team, cross country/continent approach is constantly applied, but yields horrible outcomes. • No place for generalists. • Hacky, "good enough" approach, with virtually no attention to detail is present in all areas of the organization. • People are building products which they never use, again this has a direct correlation to how these products perform. • It's always easier to go out and buy a product, than to create one internally. The purchased product becomes bloated, unsuccessful, and eventually dies within 3-5 years of purchase; people are fired. • Facilities people are horrible for the most part. You'll come into the office only to find that everything has been rearranged for you in your work space/desk - thanks, but no thanks. • Don't bother with HR, they are useless over here. A bunch of sloths, too. • Constant moves/re-orgs are super annoying. Shows there is no future-proofing, and no plan. • "This is above my pay grade" is something you will hear quite often. • These guys don't know how to throw parties.

3.0
Jul 31, 2016

Cool company that's stuck 20 years in the past

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Pros

-Autodesk is an awesome brand--they make cool software that does amazing stuff -The Sustainability and Foundation team is doing amazing work with non-profits -Great benefits and salary

Cons

-Not very diverse (mostly white males) -Toxic company culture (everyone is very competitive and willing to throw others under the bus to get ahead) -Many processes and systems are extremely outdated because Autodesk hasn't had to innovate as it's been the market leader and giant in its areas for so long. -No opportunities for career growth for young employees (or for more senior employees for that matter)

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