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As corporations go, this one is a keeper.

Software Development
Current Employee
Has worked at Autodesk for less than 1 year
July 20, 2016
Toronto, Ontario
4.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Too many to list, but here goes anyway.

Tone at the top. Marching orders from the CEO are "get out there and build a better world." Pretty hard to argue with that.

The company funds original research into all sorts of things. This attracts people who are not just corporate drones and zombies, and is one of the best recruiting tools I've ever witnessed.

The company is rapidly transitioning from a fast follower into a thought leader.

Cool office space.

Even cooler range of software.

Outstanding, well-intentioned, responsible people for the most part.

Cons

Some Wall Street hedge funds have noticed that Autodesk has a vision that extends past the end of the current fiscal quarter. It remains to be seen if they can learn to tolerate an altruistic business model that wants to do good things to benefit ALL stakeholders over an extended period of time.

Advice to Management

Continue the transition to a thought leader of the software industry. The world needs this kind of vision.

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