Disappointing, stay away. - Senior Software Engineer Autodesk Employee Review

1.0
22 Jul 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Autodesk puts decent amount of effort in their employees career growth

Cons

Management is unprofessional in some cases, the salary doesn't reflect the requirements of the role. RSU Grants that's given for motivation but as I noticed, the company prefers to terminate employment before major RSU is granted. Work-Life balance isn't as good as it seems, there are plenty of busy and stressed times with a very short period of cooldown if any at all. Although the company puts a decent amount of effort and resources into their employee's career growth, the value of an employee isn't high and easily replaceable. My direct manager had gone through a breakup that directly impacted his professional judgment and changed his behavior towards the team members. In my opinion, my employment termination has been caused by the lack of professional judgment of my direct manager. Stay away.

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

Cons

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2.0
12 Jun 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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