Sales at Adobe - Enterprise Account Executive Adobe Employee Review

3.0
May 8, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Great overall environment at the office in Lehi, Utah. Benefits are amazing at Adobe and the open work space provides for lots of interaction with colleagues. The ameneties in the building are second to none! Adobe is admired in Utah.

Cons

The downside is that the sales compensation model is constantly changing from year to year. After each change, it is more difficult for Account Executives to make money (it is difficult to make good money at Adobe now days, great money is a thing of the past). Multiple AE's brought in large deals last year, and the year before, so Adobe officially capped them and did not pay commission above a certain amount (of course this message from management was delivered to the AE's after they sold the large contracts, happy selling!). Quotas at Adobe are usually 3 to 4 times higher than the average AE's quota at a competitor or other software company. Quotas have increased by 40%+ each year over the past 3 years. Additionally, upper sales management is choosing to micro-manage and apply pressure to bring deals forward (that aren't ready) as pressure mounts to perform on Wall Street. Have you ever had a manager tell you to bring a deal forward that isn't ready? It's not fun and it sets you up for failure even though management knows that the deal isn't ready. I've never seen it this bad at Adobe. Pressure to perform is mounting and the crap will keep rolling down hill as quotas aren't obtained...

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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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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