Autodesk reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(4,614 total reviews)
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80% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Autodesk has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,614 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Autodesk employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Mar 31, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

The people here are GREAT...no problems there. Unfortunately, that's pretty much the only good thing any more. Oh, and that folks can bring their dogs in to work...but most folks are much too busy to do so any more.

Cons

Salaries are so-so, not great, especially considering the long hours that are really needed to get our jobs done. Nice bennies package, though. Stock has basically been horizontal for several years, so, unless something changes drastically in the market, there's not much opportunity for earnings beyond salary and bonus (although the ESPP is decent). Division reorganizations every year or so are an incredible waste of time and energy...seems like a low cost-benefit ratio, and a lot of wasted time. Very Dilbert. Reviews are now rather rigid here: 20% of people get an "A", 70% get a "C", and 10% get an "F"...even if your whole group is stellar, or even if they are awful, 20% of them will get a great bonus and pay increase, and 10% will get neither. Guess the thing to do is make sure you join an under-performing group, then you'll have an easy time getting an "A". Seems like this could be handled with a little more finesse. Most folks I know are just biding their time, waiting to escape from what was once a great company to work for. We really miss Carol Bartz!

4.0
Mar 26, 2010

Great place to work!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

It is a growning company with free and respectful enviroment. The products and technology there are attractive. The salary is average.

Cons

No downsides actually. Everything is well.

3.0
Mar 25, 2010

No Career Growth Path

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

excellent benefits reputable company convenient location solid executive team great product excellent individual contributor level staff

Cons

very political organization corporate functions severely mismanaged ineffective performance review process extremely limited growth opportunities in certain functional roles

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