Diversity doesn't bother the Company - Anonymous employee Autodesk Employee Review

1.0
Jul 15, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good Benefits and Welfare but pay is below average for non R&D.

Cons

While the company emphasize "diversity" on one hand, the company retrenched employees during Chinese New Year and D&D on the other hand. Being an MNC, the company did not care about the diversity of the employees and how much CNY means to the Chinese. Announcing the new of retrenchment before CNY and officially communicating to the impacted employees during the week after CNY had totally ruined the CNY of Chinese. Impacted employees are not treated with respect and dignity. 1 of the employees are devastated and requested to return later in the day to pack her stuff, but this request was being rejected by the rep of the company and she was sent out immediately after the communication. The company is very much driven in a way of a particular nationality, instead of doing things right the first time, they often like to trial and error although the solution is obvious. Completing task in 10 steps rather and 3 steps. They only care about the outcome, but the work smart procedure or straight to the point. Perhaps this aid to increase employment rate, hiring 5 person to do 3 persons' job.

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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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