My only year of happiness in 15 years of working - Anonymous employee Autodesk Employee Review

5.0
May 29, 2013
Anonymous contractor
Recommend
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Pros

Supportive, collegial atmosphere. The most amazing coffee ever (unless you work as a barista at Starbucks, perhaps) Terrific cafeteria with cutlery, plates, bowls, cups, milk, chocolate milk, a variety of hot drinks (including a REAL espresso machine), dishwashers... and fruit and bagels supplied once a week. A building that just feels so conducive to being productive. (Duke St in Montreal). The Bike to Work Challenge. Places to park bicycles indoors! A lot of happy employees making for a pleasant atmosphere.

Cons

Seems like they jump on bandwagons for things like cloud computing and social media when they might be missing out on something they're good at.

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Pros

Good WLB Low Turnover Rates Interesting Projects/Work Full Benefits + 401k

Cons

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2.0
Jun 12, 2026
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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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