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      If you lack ambition, this is the place for you! - Marketing Autodesk Employee Review

      2.0
      Jun 28, 2018
      Marketing
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Friendly colleagues, convenient office locations, good work-life balance, never-ending opportunities for problems to solve, decent pay and benefits, ability to work from home on Fridays, employee stock purchase program and the San Rafael office allows dogs!

      Cons

      Extremely political organization with a culture of "no" - rather than solution finding. There's an internal policy that current employees cannot apply for jobs at a higher grade-level than their current grade-this is a real policy confirmed verbally by HR. Mediocrity and ineptitude run rampant and are rewarded and direct communication and innovative thinking are penalized. People stay here so long (many 10-25 years), which contributes to complacency and fear of change. Promotions come to people based on time-served and age rather than meritocracy. No directors under the age of 40 and lack of diversity (of any kind) in leadership positions. Lack of diversity contributes to homogeneous group-think, fear of innovation and avoidance of new technology. Managers are more concerned with pleasing their managers than developing their staff and doing what's best for the company. Lots of lip-service from the top, but the way they incentivize middle-management, this vision will never be achieved.

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      Autodesk Response
      7y
      Thank you very much for taking the time to share your feedback, we are so sorry to hear your experience with us. What you refer to is not our promotion policy so there seems to be a communication/education gap here on our part. We have many examples of employees being promoted but maybe we're not doing a great job celebrating all promotions. We’d love to learn more about your particular experience if you feel comfortable talking to us directly. This feedback is super helpful as we continue to grow as a company, thank you again for the candid feedback!

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      5.0
      Jun 1, 2026
      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      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
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      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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