Company Overall is Great and Leader in Industry & Lifestyle (but your luck varies by department and team) - Software Engineer Adobe Employee Review

in my +25 career working at Adobe was the best experience I had and still having. The corporation has 4 main principal pillars and these pillars are followed strictly, which impacts all Adobe employees positively. Honestly Adobe is a Company if I had joined in my beginnings, I would might not think to search another place to work, instead only think "one day my retirement will come and will be sad to leave this great company"

As all giant corporation, the bureaucracy and processes sometimes are slow and complex, but this is small versus how big and positive Adobe is

* 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.

* 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.