Good company to work for, but not without some serious issues - Anonymous employee Adobe Employee Review

5.0
2 Nov 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very competitive pay structures, stock grants for high performing employees, pretty good corporate culture, reasonable efforts to be a good corporate citizen.

Cons

A lot of work is spread across a lot of geographies. For managers and many employees this results in horrible work/life balance due to late evening/early-morning meetings and a lot of unnecessary travel. "Netflix-style" vacation policy can easily lead to having zero vacation if you aren't conscientious about taking your vacation. Years of shifting corporate strategies leads to lots of mis-steps and half-efforts which then result in layoffs that are still quite frequent. If you are a strong performer and are relatively attuned to corporate politics and you work in San Francisco, San Jose or Noida, you can do quite well there, but if you are in one of the many satellite offices or get stuck onto a doomed project, you are continually in fear of the fall layoffs as the company closes up projects in advance of the start of the fiscal year.

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5.0
30 Jun 2026
Anonymous intern
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Pros

Nice mentors and supportive environment

Cons

Return offers depend on the headcount and could be difficult for research interns

4.0
16 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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