Autodesk reviews

Behind the scenes though.... - Constant restructure - Constant cost cutting - at the expense of letting go of employees, only to have remaining cash flow that must be spent each quarter! Dumb - Little room for lower-end employees to advance - Lots of favoritism in the workplace shown by managers - Communication could be better across divisions

There is little respect shown to the engineers who actually create the products that the company depends on. Senior management is obsessed with quarterly financial results, presumably for the sake of their portfolio of options. In the eight years since Autodesk acquired us, it seems we have been almost continually in cost containment mode. Autodesk has embraced the notion of offshoring, to the extent that we haven't hired developers locally in years. No new blood translates into absolutely no opportunity for career advancement, at least for engineers. Whatever you job title, you can be pretty certain that will be your job title next year. Advancement seems to depend primarily on how well you play politics and not on actual accomplishments or qualifications. Autodesk provides little or no opportunity for training or personal development.