A great company, not all roses though - Director Adobe Employee Review

4.0
Oct 28, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Adobe respects people and provides flexibility and reasonable compensation and opportunities for career growth. The products are generally successful and people recognize and value them. Adobe is good at operations management including managing acquisitions.

Cons

Adobe is not fast-moving, as other reviewers have noted. GM level responsibility is not delegated in the organization as it is in many other larger companies, but sr. managers, sometimes even the CEO, are inclined to make even small decisions. Adobe is aggressively moving R&D jobs to employees based in India, China, and Romania - making it hard if you are US-based especially on the lower end of the skill level. The annual layoffs mentioned by others are really more about shifting jobs offshore - net employment is still rising. Adobe has not for many years been able to generate meaningful revenue growth organically from new products, so has had to acquire it, first Macromedia and more recently Omniture..

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Pros

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Cons

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Jun 16, 2026
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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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