Autodesk fails to live up to its potential - Designer Autodesk Employee Review

2.0
11 Jan 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The best thing about Autodesk are the people. There are many great, smart, and well-intentioned people who work there.

Cons

Despite lip service to the contrary, Autodesk treats its employees like expendable assets. For example, it recently fired 14% of the workforce. While posturing to care about “company culture,” it routinely makes decisions that create fragmentation and loss. Forward momentum is hampered by leaders and middle-managers who frequently change strategies, resorting to drastic corrections. I’m the big picture, Autodesk fails to deliver on its mission to “Imagine, design & create a better world.”

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Autodesk Response
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As a contractor, I only wish the experience had been longer.

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