Autodesk

Some of the staff are nice and particularly helpful, others aren't interested in helping.

An easy place to work: no appraisals, no goals, so no pressure.

Autodesk is implementing new processes.

Clique culture. If you're in the right circle, then you get on in this company, irrespective of how good you are.

No processes. The company didn't have a HR function until it was bought by Autodesk. In my 8 years of employment, I haven't had an appraisal.

Not a place to learn anything about business. The marketing was slated following the acquisition and hasn't changed.

Slow development. Development doesn't believe in developing functionality until the money is on the table; this philosophy will never work.

No market awareness. The company is development-led. Developers develop what they want, and the company then works out how to sell the products. This will hit Delcam hard in the years to come.

No business intelligence. It's impossible to monitor customers/sales performance apart from one financial figure.

The office is very dated. It's embarrassing to call ourselves a high-tech company and then entertain customers/prospects in this building.

The company survived for a long time with no strategy or focus. This will change under Autodesk's leadership.

Go on a management course.

Get rid of the dead wood. Remove the 'club' culture.