Great company, but a little too much micromanagement and not too great work life balance - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Autodesk Employee Review

3.0
Dec 18, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing Benefits Great pay Great Team building activites

Cons

A little too much micromanagement A slightly messed up work-life balance High paced work environments with less time to adapt Too many meetings

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Autodesk Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback – we’re happy to hear you enjoyed our benefits and culture. We know work-life balance is important and have resources to balance time at work and away, including flexible work hours, wellness reimbursement, and more.

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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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