Interesting work ruined by politics - Anonymous employee Autodesk Employee Review

2.0
9 Jun 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

If you're an engineer, there is some really interesting work you can do. You have access to technology that few people ever get to touch. The offices and perks are great as well

Cons

Political fights in upper management are destroying the company. As an engineer, expect to be told that everyone is working on some massive initiative across the company. Everyone will drop what they are doing to work on this initiative, and four months later there will be a re-org and you will throw out all the work you've done. You'll repeat this over and over, and each time management will tell you this re-org is different. Also expect layoffs almost every year around November, only for the laid off people to be replaced by acquisitions. Also expect your project to be killed and replaced by an acquisition that is also killed a year later. Just really don't expect to ever ship anything or accomplish anything.

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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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