Amazing opportunities to get exposed to various job functions - Anonymous employee Adobe Employee Review

4.0
Dec 20, 2012
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Adobe really supports the movement and growth of their employees. It is incumbent upon employees to make connections via networking and then rely upon their strong reputations to move between groups. Adobe does provide regular networking sessions and brings in outside speakers to help give employees the tools they need to make successful professional connections. The people are extremely talented, and via networking it is possible to learn quite a bit about the different areas of the business. One might expect a bunch of type A personalities given the talent pool, but instead you find that people are really interested in getting to know one another and helping each other to be successful. Senior leadership has really begun making radical strides in redefining who we are as a company. This has taken an incredible amount of strategy and vision on their part, as well as patience in bearing the burden of explaining this to street while we shift our $4B+ company into an entirely new direction. I admire all of their dedication and the hard work that it takes to succeed in an endeavor such as this.

Cons

As is typical in large companies we can at times have processes which are cumbersome and do not feel sufficiently agile. Politics and executive decisions can at times result in throw away work or allocation of resources to projects with an unclear ROI. Director and senior level managers do not always appear to be empowered to push back on these decisions.

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* Refreshing focus on employee wellness * Brilliant colleagues * Compelling problems on interesting tools * Good work/life balance culture... generally (see cons) I've been at a few big tech companies and Adobe is one of my favorites. I feel empowered to make impactful changes here, I'm constantly stretching myself in fun ways, and the products we make are incredible. Product and engineering have big dreams, and all the resources we need to realize them.

Cons

* Big time crunch culture around arbitrary goals By far my biggest disappointment has been just how hard product pushes on big projects with arbitrary deadlines and difficult scope. It turns into cutting corners and delivering sub-par experiences even though we absolutely have the talent and capability to make some exceptional things if we just let the dang thing bake a few more months. I'd be more impressed with the tight clip if the goals were reasonable for good business reasons, but as far as I can tell the reason usually boils down to "some high-level manager wanted X and thought Y sounded like a good target date". * Comp growth leaves something to be desired. Raises feel pretty flat, though it's not the worst thing since stock rewards can be pretty good as appropriate for performance. Career progression is pretty good here too - I just find it odd how stale the base pay increases are year to year.

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