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4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

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69% positive business outlook

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1.0
May 21, 2015

Join at your own peril.

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Pros

Salary is OK Bonus is good unless there is a food fight. Too laid back (leads to no innovation, se below)

Cons

This place is wierd. Here are some of my observations about the folks at Massachusetts offices. There is a lot of talk and say about how they like to hire best people. But then when they get them, they do not know what to do with them or support them. Product managers who are actually good product managers, are given an additional responsibility of being people managers. Well guess what they suck at it! There is way too much of a focus on processes, politics and bonuses. That is why for years, this place has suffered from lack of innovation while Adobe's of the world have already gone to the cloud. They are way behind in cloud and use very old stacks where they actually are cloud based. These guys are just starting. Even small things such as build environments change 2-3 times because there are way too many chefs in the kitchen. There is way too much dependence on overseas teams for development who suck at software development. It is all about management (time,cost and resources) and less about leadership. It is no susprise that they are trying to reinvent themselves as a company, culture and business. The move to the new building later in the year is a huge indication of that. It is understood amongst the manager show have been brought in from mostly startups recently, that this move will cause "older/leecher" workforce to leave on its own and younger intern/junior engineers to join in hoards. Well if you are interviewing here, keep in mind: this is still a big company but influx. I would not advice joining if your are starting a career, albiet you will be paid well. Other folks, you know better!

4.0
May 17, 2015

Great company to work for overall

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Pros

I've worked at Autodesk for 6 years and have really enjoyed it, mostly because: - Love my coworkers - Good work/life balance and flexibility (can work from home when needed, for the most part) - Great location, at 1 Market Street by the Ferry Building in SF - Company does interesting stuff with customers - Stable company - Lots of opportunity to move around within the company and try new stuff

Cons

- Salaries are low compared to others in same industry - LOTS of bureaucracy and misalignment across teams - LOTS of politics - Hard to get promoted; people stay in their positions and job titles for years

5.0
May 3, 2015
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Pros

Good pay, compelling work, amazing technology, fantastic work environment and offices, gives back to the community, and great vision: Autodesk's vision is to help people imagine, design, and create a better world.

Cons

The politics and bureaucracy can be frustrating and slow down progress. There's a bit of a "club" at the exec level and they can be disconnected from the boots on the ground.

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