Great place to work but very demanding - Anonymous employee Autodesk Employee Review

4.0
May 19, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Extremely flexible hours - Fitness center on site (or fitness subsidy if not near the company gym) - Best holiday schedule of any company I've ever worked for (typical holidays plus week off from Christmas Eve to New Years Day).

Cons

- Many late meetings with Asia Pacific offices interferes with life/work balance. - Doesn't matter whether you've worked for the company for 1 week or 20 years, you get the same 12 days vacation per year. 6 week sabbatical every 4 years (that has to be taken all at once- not broken up). Would be nice to get acrue more vacation over time. - Lots of workaholics, so getting promoted requires a lot of work.

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 12, 2026
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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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