Ask LOTS of questions - Sales Autodesk Employee Review

2.0
Apr 20, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits from the company. Love the sabbatical after working there for 4 years.

Cons

I found during my interview process people were less than honest about the day to day. Sales jobs here are not really sales. You live in spreadsheets and have to have an exact forecast meaning even things that you're trying to bring in count and if they don't come in there is hell to pay. Your number is based on renewals at 85 to 90% along with price increases which makes it almost impossible to get to 100%. If you are thinking of coming here ask lots of questions specifically about how forecasting is done and if you manager understands selling or just gives you corp speak about the importance of forecasting since they are comped on how well you forecast.

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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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