Lots of layers - Anonymous employee Autodesk Employee Review

4.0
Mar 1, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I learned a lot at my short time at Autodesk. Some lessons were wonderful and I'll keep with me; other lessons are ones I hope I don't experience again. Good news...the wonderful ones are more than the not-so-wonderful. Overall, I'd give management a B. Some deserve an A and others deserve much worse but overall a pretty human organization with a strong base product. Try to get in with an A or a B. Anything less and your life there will not be fun nor productive.

Cons

For me, the organization and the structure did not fit my personality. There were too many layers of management. During my time, the company was transitioning to a subscription based system and this seemed to make a lot of people nervous. Budgets were cut several times and several lay-offs occurred during my short time there. I put this under cons because management could have handled this differently and not have the stress that it put on many people restricting their creativity. Change is good and must be handled properly.

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2.0
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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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