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      4.0

      81% would recommend to a friend

      (465 total reviews)
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      Shantanu Narayen

      84% approve of CEO

      63% positive business outlook

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      Computer Scientist/Software Engineer employees have rated Adobe with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 465 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Computer Scientist/Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Adobe is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Computer Scientist/Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      465 reviews
      4.0
      Jan 23, 2009

      Which Adobe are you looking for? The new or the old?

      Senior computer scientist
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      Pros

      Adobe (the formerly-Macromedia part, anyway) is taking the lead in rich client development. They are taking the mindshare away from Java on the client, which means more developers use what you work on, which is a good place to be. Aside from working on cool technology that actually gets used, you don't have to give up your life to do it. I feel my management is very flexible about letting me work from home as needed and sets realistic scheduling expectations. I'm also getting paid enough of a base salary to live in the SF Bay Area and the profit sharing is a nice bonus as well.

      Cons

      Some parts of the company are getting long in the tooth and jealous of the new kids on the block. There are two Adobe's -- the original Adobe that developed all of those fonts, PostScript, Acrobat, and Photoshop, and then there's the Adobe that used to be Macromedia. The original Adobe has a very corporate feel and the new Adobe has more of a free-wheeling, agile feel. That could be because it's younger.

      4.0
      Jan 1, 2009

      Great place to work, but not as good as it once was...

      Senior computer scientist
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      Pros

      Adobe has historically striven to produce the best of class software anywhere. We come up with innovative ways to solve our customers problems. As such, innovation and quality have been fundamental values that are reenforced over and over at all levels of the management chain.

      Cons

      The dedication to developing innovative best in class software has suffered since the macromedia acquisition. Moreover, top-down communication has completely fallen apart since the acquisition. Granted, the company is much bigger now, but even most business unit quarterly meetings have been cancelled, and size isn't an excuse for that.

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