Adobe reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(10,063 total reviews)
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Shantanu Narayen

86% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Adobe has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 10,063 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Adobe employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Sep 21, 2018

Only brand name, no value

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Stock options Wellness benefits Free food but of low quality

Cons

The list is really long. 1. Adobe India is nothing but a name for narcissistic personalities roaming all over who we call as managers and some directors too. 2. Senior management has God complex and enjoy playing with careers of Individual contributors. Managers can use abusive language too. 3. Just to show Integrity, they hire Females but do not have the mannerism or tact to deal with them. The Mental exploitation is to a level that you will be forced to resign and if you become pregnant, it would be the the worst nightmare of your life. 4. My manager even had the guts to ask me to rethink whether i want to proceed with my pregnancy. When i affirmed, he ensured to harass me in all possible ways and even gave me physical effort jobs including picking up of heavy files in my 3rd trimester. All my complaints to ERC (HR) was music on deaf ears and no action was taken. Instead ERC tried to change it into performance based issue. As a result I was harassed further even in taking leaves. The mental torture was so intense that it resulted in complications in my pregnancy. 5. When I was on my maternity leave, under reorganization my team was changed without any intimation and when i rejoined, i was made to work in shifts including night, which was not in my job profile earlier. That is the reason i had to resign. The top management do not have any empathy towards our family life and employees at IC level are treated as slaves. 6. Even while resignation, all the challenges faced during my employment with Adobe was told to ERC (HR) and till now no action has been taken against the manager. 7. Work From Home is not a policy and on Manager's discretion so you can always be ready for denials whatever be the situation until its required by them or you are in good books. 8. People are promoted on basis of yes man ship and favoritism and not on their work and skills. 9. Pathetic organization where you can be more equipped in terms of skills and credentials than your manager and still cant get promotion even to Team Lead level. 10. Senior management does not jot any growth plan. You will be asked to forget Vertical advancement and will be asked to concentrate on Horizontal growth. 11. One of the few organizations who force their employees to move to Contract position from Permanent one.

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Adobe has zero tolerance towards any kind of employee harassment at our workplace and we treat your concerns with utmost importance. We would like to discuss them with you. Please contact us through any of the channels listed in our Code of Business Conduct https://adobe.ly/2vJ0EXl
3.0
Jan 26, 2017
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Pros

Adobe as a company is bar none. The benefits are great, the office building is great, the experience with corporate life is phenomenal.

Cons

The high-level management (director and above) in Inside Sales seems to care solely on their image, rather than their employees. Inside Sales org recently had changes that resulted in 70-150% increase in quota, unrealistic expectations on execution, and a downhill slope in morale.

1.0
Dec 16, 2015

The worst culture ever

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The money, the perception that the company name gives you in the job market when you decide you're done with this nonsense.

Cons

The culture is the worst I have seen in my professional career. The company is mostly run by white males who give lip service to diversity but have zero interest in it. There is a huge amount of narcissism and a bias towards people who talk nonstop about how great the company is and brown nose. It's like the worst frat you've ever seen. Most salespeople have never used the products they are selling. They have their sales scripts but that's it. You are expected to attend meetings and engage in typical workaholic behaviors if you want to go anywhere or save your job. They literally openly threaten firing during conferences and meetings if you do not praticipate to their liking. I have spoken to a number of people who have missed family events years in a row or missed milestones like their child walking for the first time because they are expected to attend grueling meetings regardless. It is very clear that these people must give total control of their homelife to their spouse or partner, otherwise their home would be in shambles. Expect poor to no training or mentorship. When you struggle, you will be blamed. You'll be pointed to the web with countless trainings that will teach you zero valuable skills. Your mentor will end up being someone who is way too busy trying to be a superstar suck up to actually mentor you. When you fail you'll be labeled as "just not adobe material." The processes are a bureaucratic nightmare that would make George Orwell say "really? That seems over the top." Expect that any process will require you to call or interact with offshore resources in India who struggle to communicate and have zero understanding of the process beyond their link in the chain. It is without question the least empathic work environment I have ever seen. God forbid you bring up anything unpleasant like a death in the family or anything similar as just small talk. The employee will gloss over it and talk about how "excited" they are about the "opportunities" Adobe has in the market. That is unless they want to sell you something and then they will act like they care until the deal is done.

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