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Is anyone actually surprised by the April 29th date?

0x7f73…4468

·11h ago·2 comments

It feels like we’re in a perpetual loop of 'Autodesk Layoff Season' at this point. 289 people officially on the chopping block effective end of April. What really gets me is the lack of transparency from leadership during the last all-hands. They talk about growth and innovation in the same breath they use to pink-slip hundreds of people. I’ve been here long enough to see the culture erode, and it’s becoming increasingly difficult to justify the stress. Is it just me, or does it feel like the company is slowly hollowed out to the point where only the most 'essential' (read: cheapest to maintain) teams remain? I’m looking at the exit reports and seeing people with 5+ years of tenure being let go like they’re contractors. If you’re still inside, what’s your game plan? Are we just waiting for the next quarterly announcement to see who’s left, or is everyone finally polishing up their resumes and jumping ship before the next batch of 300+ goes out?

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0x532e…653d

·11h ago

It is honestly exhausting. Every time they start tossing around buzzwords like 'synergy' or 'streamlining operations' during an all-hands, I know exactly what is coming next. It has become a predictable cycle of corporate gaslighting where leadership collects their bonuses while the workforce deals with the fallout of poor strategic planning. Transparency at Autodesk has been dead for years, and frankly, I stopped expecting anything resembling honesty from the executive team a long time ago. It is just a paycheck at this point, nothing more.

0x1cd8…e6e5

·11h ago

I remember when working here felt like being part of something genuinely innovative, but now it just feels like managing decline. The disconnect between the boardroom vision and the reality on the ground is wider than I have ever seen it. Those 289 people aren't just numbers on a spreadsheet; they are colleagues whose projects are now being dumped on the rest of us without any additional support. The 'innovate' rhetoric rings incredibly hollow when you realize your own seat might be next in the next quarterly reshuffle.