If you get acquired by Adobe, you don't matter. - Anonymous employee Adobe Employee Review

2.0
Nov 2, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Really good benefits in terms of insurance and stock purchasing and stuff like that.

Cons

Too big, Adobe provides countless opportunities of hearing lip service about how they care about employees but then put too many obstacles in the way of all sorts of things but especially promotions and raises. Being acquired results in people who were hired by Adobe itself thinking less of you and Adobe is that way too in that they block advancement and raises and make it nearly impossible to move up even to a senior roll within your already established organization. Too many people just don't work full time and use clubs and other internal things as an excuse. An employee will have 5-10 hours a week of meeting invites for all sorts of things that aren't relevant to getting work done. Employees are extremely complacent and it's nearly impossible to get anyone to do anything because there are too many hoops to jump through or they're just not working. People managers are completely hindered in helping their employees get anything because of all the hoops to jump through so even if your direct manager is going to bat for you, they're going to be hamstrung as well. There are countless pages on the Inside Adobe about promotions, and check-ins, and salary, and all this stuff that they just don't actually do. It's total lip-service and a wall to hide behind.

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5.0
Jul 23, 2026
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Pros

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"

Cons

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

4.0
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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