Pros: - 6-week sabbatical every four years - Great support and regular communication from direct managers - Reasonable work/life balance - Extra paid "week of rest" at Xmas - Generally very positive culture

Cons: Departments work in silos. There's not very good cross-company communication. People are re-inventing the same wheel. There's a reasonable company strategy/vision, but it doesn't seem to percolate through to the various lower levels of the organization. Again, it seems like everyone's sort of doing whatever.

Pros: Strong benefits package Flexible hours and remote work options

Cons: Highly siloed teams with poor cross-department collaboration. Weak work/life balance; long hours are often expected, but the extra hours put in are not appreciated. Promotions are driven more by connections than performance. Outdated, overly complex software products that are difficult to modernize or maintain. Layoffs occur regularly, yet similar roles are soon re-posted and filled. Heavy spending on management, admin, and sales rather than product development. Products are outdated and mostly in maintenance mode, yet still sold at outrageously high prices. Subscription model locks customers in, and customers are left with nothing if they stop paying. Work often feels more valued by customers than by Autodesk’s own management team. Software is buggy, but the development team is too small to properly fix issues and instead focuses on adding or removing features or making cosmetic changes. Bloated management with insufficient focus on developers to create the best products.

Pros: Autodesk is a strong company and an established leader in the design field. They have a great diversity of exciting products in a field that is hard for other companies to break into. The compensation and benefits package is good.

Cons: Complex business processes cost the company and slow them down. Management could be stronger. Innovation in business systems is behind the technology curve.