Frustrating at times - Senior Business Manager Autodesk Employee Review

2.0
14 Jun 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Passionate people, good products and positioning in marketplace. Company's focus on cloud/mobile is exciting for the long term but the pendulum has swung too much towards it and current products are being neglected. Stock program is quite good and can make some extra $ from it.

Cons

Endless reorgs. People are moved around without regard for their skill set. Warning: If you accept a job (other than engineering) be warned that it your job won't be what you are doing 12 months later. Very very west coast centric. If you aren't in the SF office - you wont have much opportunity to grow. Too much reliance on "data". The amount of time put together creating dashboards, goal posts etc. is insane. Heavy overlap between different teams doing similar functions.

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5.0
1 Jun 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
12 Jun 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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