Autodesk

Strong benefits package

Flexible hours and remote work options

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Outdated, overly complex software products that are difficult to modernize or maintain.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Products are outdated and mostly in maintenance mode, yet still sold at outrageously high prices.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.

Prioritize retraining and redeploying existing employees instead of relying on frequent layoffs.

Break down silos and eliminate duplicate efforts to improve collaboration and efficiency.

Shift focus from aggressive sales targets to strengthening product development and innovation.

Recognize and leverage the incredible talent and decades of software expertise already within the company.

Value customers more by lowering prices and offering flexible options that let them truly own the software they pay for, rather than locking them into an expensive rental-style subscription model.

Shift the focus from prioritizing revenue to delivering customer satisfaction and creating the best possible products.

Leadership appears more focused on revenue growth and sales targets than on customer satisfaction, product quality, or employee development.

Reduce management and sales overhead and focus more on empowering developers to build the best products.