Adobe reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(10,077 total reviews)
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Shantanu Narayen

87% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Adobe has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 10,077 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Adobe employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Jun 17, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits. Cool office. Booming company.

Cons

They brought me on as a Jr Technical Writer. They said they would train me and grant me some RSUs that vest in 4 years to convince me into making a long term commitment. Great! I was initially on a centralized doc team full of writers and a manager *(the guy who hired me) and it was good. 2 years in, they decentralized us and all the writers were split up and put under product organizations. Okay cool. The product manager who became my new manager was a nice guy and a great product manager but had ZERO CLUE how to manage a writer and was mostly nonexistent and just cared that my job was being completed, which it was. This was because he had no idea what my daily duties entailed. Both my first manager of 2 years and my 2nd manager had nothing but top reviews and ratings to give me. Then, the product I was working on got canceled and shipped to India. What did they do to the Jr Writer which they brought on, trained, and gave RSUs to convince him into making a long term commitment? They moved me to a new product, right? No, they just laid me off. Great manager reviews, total loyalty and commitment to Adobe, multiple product knowledge of several products across the cloud, and nope.... they just laid me off. A couple of my coworkers even complained up the ladder at how it was handled. But nothing changed. I was picked up by Microsoft a month later, but I still find how Adobe handled the situation very unsettling and unprofessional. They instilled a sense of commitment and loyalty into you... and so I ignored several other opportunities that knocked on my door--only to realize that was a mistake because Adobe didn't care about the commitment and loyalty they squeezed out of me.

5.0
May 26, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I can honestly say that I've never been surrounded by so many genuine, authentic, and nice people in my career. The work environment is one where colleagues truly care about each other. It may sound simple but it's really motivating to be at a company where employees care so much about each other and the company cares about you- as a person not just another employee. There is also a mindset here where leadership is always questioning the status quo, pushing everyone to think bigger and differently, not get complacent, and to push for disruption if it will make us better. For a company over 30 years old and very successful, it's incredible to see and hear our leaders pushing for new ways of thinking so actively. There is no "old vs. new" guard that you might see at other companies. In addition to all this, the offices are gorgeous, comfortable, and creative. Food is excellent and subsidized a lot (not free which I like as there's no waste and less entitlement that what I've experienced at other Valley companies).

Cons

No real cons from a working perspective, I could get picky and say the elevators get crowded at lunch time and parking is tough if you show up to work late!

1.0
Jan 26, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nothing other than good insurance.

Cons

New Magento support management that started in October 2018 has created an environment of fear and intimidation. They have put at least one person on a PIP in each support team and fired them to scare everybody else. We feel disconnected from larger Adobe. Management has absolutely zero respect to their subordinates, especially lower ranking ones. Adobe "Unlimited PTO" has been codified into 10 business day per year by support management. Mandatory overtime that is enforced by fear. 6-week competition with $25 gift card prize - what a joke.

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