Good pay and corporate culture. - Anonymous employee Adobe Employee Review

4.0
May 30, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Adobe is in the middle of a massive shift from desktop to cloud products and services, so there is a lot of opportunity to work on innovative projects. Very reasonable time off program, with short sabbaticals earned every 5 years. Interesting products and customers. Opportunity to make an impact. A lot of smart & friendly people work at Adobe and there isn't an overly competitive internal culture. Good salary and benefits and no career penalty for keeping a true work/life balance. (This might depend on your manager.)

Cons

Lack of cloud experience slows progress and leads to mistakes and service failures. Adobe doesn't currently have a CTO and the previous CTO was more concerned about pushing the dying flash platform. As a result, Adobe doesn't have a strong technical leader to manage it's primary mission to change from desktop to cloud. Marketing is stuck in old school product cycle thinking.

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Cons

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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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