Yearly Layoffs, Lifers that refuse to leave or retire everywhere - Sales Manager Autodesk Employee Review

2.0
Nov 6, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Although rife with endless bureaucracy, there are some nice perks and programs that you can tell they would never kick off now that are still in place.

Cons

Director level and above full of people who have been there for 25+ years that would absolutely not get hired in now, but we are all forced to just deal with it because after a few decades you become untouchable so they will never ever leave. Weird initiative to identify our race rolled out last year, but with clear intention they don't care how everyone answers. (If you have questions about this French Canadians remember this isnt for you). Largely pushing super liberal beliefs at work in general even in 2025 when the rest of tech is just getting on with the work. Yearly layoffs you can set your watch to, especially as they move to offshore as much as possible as quickly as possible.

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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
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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