Once above average, now in a state of gradual decline. - Anonymous employee Adobe Employee Review

3.0
Oct 19, 2009
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Adobe has solid pay and benefits, as well as a relatively friendly corporate culture. Certain pockets of the company can be great places to work. Adobe employees earn a short sabbatical every 5 years, which is a unique and valuable benefit.

Cons

Sadly, the management has realized that it is a great place to work and is taking steps to increase profitability by reducing compensation to employees. For example, profit sharing has recently been eliminated, despite sacrifices by employees that helped the company remain profitable throughout the recession. The time off program has also been replaced. The new program no longer accrues time off to the employee and except for the mandatory days like national holidays, getting additional time off is at the discretion of your manager. I hope you always have a great relationship with your manager! Rather than seeking profitability through the creativity of employees, it's now clear that big acquisitions and cost controls (like the nearly-annual december layoff) are the name of the game.

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Pros

* 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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