Autodesk reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(4,614 total reviews)
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Andrew Anagnost

80% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Autodesk has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,614 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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2.0
Jan 12, 2018

Best example of a sinking ship

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Pros

a) Free snacks in the pantry. b) Hard working colleagues c) Friendly environment

Cons

a) Does not compensate professionally or financially for the hard workers! Only the senior staff is appreciated and the rest are undermined. b) Broken or non-existent performance and feedback system! We would love criticism/appreciations at regular levels. And also there is absolutely no way of grading senior staff. c) Illogical target/goals set - punitive action against you for badly set targets d) Some of the best employees are leaving (mostly already left) and the company makes hardly any effort to retain them. To top that, it does not make any efforts to make life easier for the current employees either. Motivates one to leave themselves. e) Very bad team management. Goals shift left and right. Yes, in an agile world that is expected, but if you constantly put months of hard work into trash, it becomes annoying and demotivating. f) In terms of guidance and learning there is NONE g) The schedule and targets will not let you improve your technology skillset, especially for the self driven enthusiasts. h) You are given insane deadlines which will suppress your creative thinking and worthy ideas. i) Appraisals are really pathetic which is expected because the reporting manager has absolutely no idea about your work and getting a review only once in a year does not do justice to the hard work that you have put in throughout the year. j) You often get typical managerial answers when you try to escalate issues to manager or senior staff. Bottomline, pointless complaining as no one is going to listen to you anyways.

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Thank you for sharing your post. We are very sorry that you feel there are discriminatory practices happening at Autodesk. Since this post is anonymous, we cannot speak to your particular situation. Our culture is one where we do everything possible to ensure all employees feel included. We have many programs in place for ensuring we have a supportive workplace for anyone and everyone to thrive. We are always open to hearing feedback and want to learn more about your particular situation. Please feel free to contact the Ethics & Compliance Hotline: www.autodesk.ethicspoint.com or call 1-855-822-9535 so that we can discuss.
2.0
Sep 19, 2017

Frequent management reorgs

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Pros

Great technology and products Technical staff is very knowledgeable - many are experts in the field Excellent salaries and benefits

Cons

Company is in a constant state of reorganization - leaders changing and org charts being redrawn every 3-4 months. Reorgs seem to do little other than rearrange the chairs. Paralyzed by consensus decision making and many believing they can ignore direction until it is changed to suit their liking. Management afraid to lead - more worried about being liked than leading Uneven application of technology - some areas are very backward in their application of technology

1.0
Aug 17, 2017

Software Development

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Reputed company with many ace products under their belt.

Cons

India location work culture and work life balance is not comparable to other offices. Managers are more busy playing cheap politics rather than encouraging a productive environment. There is no flexible timings or work from home facility for employees. Pantry, AC and other necessities are shut down post 6 pm, but managers still expect people to work late hours.

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