Is Autodesk a good company to work for?

Autodesk has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 5,884 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months. 79% of employees would recommend working at Autodesk to a friend and 69% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Autodesk have been left by employees working as Software Engineering Intern , Territory Sales Representative and Intern .

Does Autodesk pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Autodesk employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Autodesk. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Autodesk?

79% of Autodesk employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Autodesk 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Autodesk?

Software Engineer (276) , Senior Software Engineer (194) , Software Developer (69) , Intern (68) , Product Manager (61) , Principal Software Engineer (59) , Project Manager (56) , Technical Support Specialist (56) , Senior Manager (55) , Program Manager (53) , Software Engineer(Internship) (53) , Director (52) , Sales (51) , Manager (49) , Customer Success Manager (45)

What are the pros of working at Autodesk according to real employee reviews?

"6 week paid sabbatical every 4 years is a great benefit and motivation to stay on long" ((in 564 reviews)); "The people at Autodesk were great and the work was extremely interesting." ((in 530 reviews)); "Supportive and good work life balance." ((in 515 reviews)); "Great peers and colleagues" ((in 140 reviews)); "Good Salary and Bonus every year" ((in 137 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Autodesk according to real employee reviews?

"bad management and too many re" ((in 165 reviews)); "bad managers (if you are unlucky) creating toxic working env" ((in 134 reviews)); "Bad managers and upper management are hard to get rid of." ((in 36 reviews)); "2. No job security .... if they don't want they will fired you with a short notice." ((in 28 reviews)); "Extreme favoritism puts people in leadership positions who haven't developed the necessary skills to lead effectively." ((in 12 reviews))

What are employees saying about Autodesk layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Autodesk layoffs and their outlook for job security at Autodesk in 2026.

What Autodesk locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Seattle , Irvine , Lake Oswego , Washington , New York , Pittsburgh , Portland , Los Angeles , Detroit , San Jose

Autodesk reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(4,609 total reviews)

Andrew Anagnost

80% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

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4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

Autodesk has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,609 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

Aug 23, 2015

Weak Culture, Weak Leaders, Bad for Women

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Autodesk has a few great, market leading products. Some projects are interesting. Family friendly and good work-life balance even though some people abuse it.

Cons

Most senior leaders have been there forever. Many are weak. Failed to scale as company grew up but refuse to leave or step aside. Middle management is full of politicians who get ahead by kissing up. It is a difficult culture for anyone to grow in, but especially for women leaders. HR is useless and only exists to protect the executives. That's what happened in IT, where the head of the division protected all his male buddies while seeing woman after woman punished, demoted or put on a plan out. It's ok though, we all moved on and Autodesk has the IT group it deserves now.

Autodesk Response

10y

Thanks for the note, I appreciate the feedback. Diversity is certainly in the zeitgeist in the Bay and beyond -- the company is committed to improving our diversity mix and is in the process of hiring a director of diversity. Affinity groups like AWIL (Women in Leadership) and Autodesk Pride are gaining cache and attention of the C Suite. Great changes are in the wind. I'd love to hear more about your particular experience if you'd be willing to connect offline. -andrew.levy@autodesk.com

1.0

Dec 6, 2017

LAYON/LAYOFF

Senior manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It used to be a good place to work...

Cons

- Obsessive compulsive about layoffs (many more than those announced publicly since they are spread out/isolated - closer to 30-32% over the last three years alone!) - Hell-bent on copying Adobe's business model 1:1 even if it means literally destroying the company and connected customer accounts in the process - Current CEO was forced/promoted into his role due to time constraints when Carl left v.s. sourcing an already experienced CEO. - Current CEO is a marketing/biz dev/academic guy with ties to NASA, which is all respectable. But compare that to *experienced* CEO's like: Richard Branson, Shantanu Narayen, Larry Ellison. Huge difference in experience level for that specific role. - Activist investors interfering with successful company projects

3.0

Sep 13, 2015

At will employment, we owe you nothing

Marketing specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, wonderful offices in SF, and lots of smart people working on interesting projects. It's also software that powers lots of wonderfully creative work so you feel like you're making the world a little more creative.

Cons

Plenty of politics and territorial disputes. I created and helped develop an area that generated millions in revenue for the company. Sounds like a lot, but for a company the size of Autodesk this wasn't that big of a deal. Still, it was enough for a coworker to get me fired so that he could help a friend take it over. Boss went along with it and told the state of California that I quit. HR didn't respond to any questions and I eventually had to print out emails to prove my case to the state to qualify for unemployment.

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