If you lack ambition, this is the place for you! - Marketing Autodesk Employee Review

2.0
28 Jun 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Friendly colleagues, convenient office locations, good work-life balance, never-ending opportunities for problems to solve, decent pay and benefits, ability to work from home on Fridays, employee stock purchase program and the San Rafael office allows dogs!

Cons

Extremely political organization with a culture of "no" - rather than solution finding. There's an internal policy that current employees cannot apply for jobs at a higher grade-level than their current grade-this is a real policy confirmed verbally by HR. Mediocrity and ineptitude run rampant and are rewarded and direct communication and innovative thinking are penalized. People stay here so long (many 10-25 years), which contributes to complacency and fear of change. Promotions come to people based on time-served and age rather than meritocracy. No directors under the age of 40 and lack of diversity (of any kind) in leadership positions. Lack of diversity contributes to homogeneous group-think, fear of innovation and avoidance of new technology. Managers are more concerned with pleasing their managers than developing their staff and doing what's best for the company. Lots of lip-service from the top, but the way they incentivize middle-management, this vision will never be achieved.

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Autodesk Response
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Thank you very much for taking the time to share your feedback, we are so sorry to hear your experience with us. What you refer to is not our promotion policy so there seems to be a communication/education gap here on our part. We have many examples of employees being promoted but maybe we're not doing a great job celebrating all promotions. We’d love to learn more about your particular experience if you feel comfortable talking to us directly. This feedback is super helpful as we continue to grow as a company, thank you again for the candid feedback!

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