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Don't go. It was the worst mistake of my career

Senior Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Autodesk for 1 year
November 24, 2018
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

The office is nice, and the workload is so minor you will just eat and relax with a view.

Cons

Relevant for the TLV office and BIM group.

While the interview process was quick and nice, with many smiles (although the team lead was lacking serious tech knowledge), I soon realized after starting there that it was all just a big fake show. Literally my worst career decision.

After stepping in, I soon realized that there is no management, no clear product future or tasks to work on, and most of the effort is just to put on a show for the American managers. Other employees said that this is the best place to pass the time and that real managers are actually in the US and have no idea what really happens here. All the nice smiles during the interview from HR and managers changed to just ignoring me and others, and nobody cared that nothing is being done (work-wise) and that everyone is just faking it.

Once I realized how it really works there, which was completely different from what was presented during the interview, I started looking for a new place and left a few months later. Thankfully.

Unfortunately, I read the reviews here only after I joined. It could have saved me a lot of time and effort to avoid this rat hole!! Take my advice, don't do this to yourself.

Advice to Management

I believe that only a huge makeover with new management could save this R&D center. The company itself is promising, just not the Tel Aviv center.

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