I'm a happy camper. - Anonymous employee Adobe Employee Review

5.0
Jun 11, 2008
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary & benefits, intelligent co-workers who are passionate about the products they work on, and being associated with some of the best products in the business. I know that sounds like I've drunk the kool-aid, but I truly believe our products kick ass and that the roadmap we've got is a solid one. The SF office had a convenient location, a decent cafeteria, and is very commuter-friendly, with shuttle buses running from both CalTrain and BART stations. Plus, it's a nice ego boost to work for a company that everyone, even folks outside the tech business, has heard of.

Cons

The usual problem of a large corporation -- it takes a long time and a LOT of meetings to get things to happen. And with employees spread out all over the place, you spend far too much of your time doing email and phone conferences rather than talking face-to-face. Also, some deadwood; Adobe does not like to fire people so bad hires tend to get shuffled around rather than simply axed. The SF office, although nicely furnished, is a cube farm and the noise and lack of privacy can be distracting. On the other hand, the SJ office, where everyone has an office, is like a tomb.

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Cons

- Leadership lost its way. Missed huge opportunities in markets served by Canva and GenAI. Took the wrong bet on commercially safe models, missing out on huge opportunities that were captured by competing GenAI models. No clear strategy or vision from management about how to get back in track. Our products are losing market share every day and management seems to be lime deer in headlights, unsure what to do - Watching stock price deflating nearly every day is disheartening - Decision making is very slow. Takes ages to get things approved. - C-suite is mostly over 50 and often seem out of touch with latest AI and tech trends. Uphill battle sometimes to get them to see urgent opportunities that need to be acted on immediately - Adobe failed to organically develop major products in the last 20 years. Major recent ones; Firefly and Express; have not been successful.

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