Does Adobe pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Adobe employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Adobe. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Adobe?

82% of Adobe employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Adobe 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Adobe?

Software Engineer (625) , Computer Scientist (314) , Senior Software Engineer (226) , Account Executive (140) , Member Of Technical Staff (140) , Research Intern (135) , Customer Success Manager (123) , Product Manager (121) , Intern (116) , Technical Consultant (116) , Account Manager (107) , Technical Support Engineer (97) , Program Manager (94) , Manager (91) , Senior Computer Scientist (87)

What are the pros of working at Adobe according to real employee reviews?

"Good work/life balance (the lights would always turn off at HQ around 5:30!)" ((in 1282 reviews)); "perks are amazing and people are great" ((in 826 reviews)); "Good work culture and better project" ((in 493 reviews)); "Good salary and perks and stock options" ((in 307 reviews)); "Good stock options and pay" ((in 305 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Adobe according to real employee reviews?

"Middle managements has too much power and if you get a bad manager then you are out of luck" ((in 255 reviews)); "The annual layoffs mentioned by others are really more about shifting jobs offshore" ((in 90 reviews)); "No Work From Home Policy in our Department" ((in 71 reviews)); "Less growth opportunities for certain roles" ((in 65 reviews)); "Every couple of months our middle to upper management tell us that the company needs to take some kind of new direction." ((in 58 reviews))

What are employees saying about Adobe layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Adobe layoffs and their outlook for job security at Adobe in 2026.

Adobe reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(10,107 total reviews)

Shantanu Narayen

86% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Culture & values

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

Adobe has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 10,107 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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10K reviews

2.0

Feb 24, 2011

Great products, benefits, location...but quality of mid-level mgrs and VP's varies

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Products are great & company continues to innovate Sr mgmt has always been strong Very civic oriented: very unusual for companies based in Silicon Valley

Cons

Mid-level mgrs: some good, many are real idiots Very process-bound: takes 10 people to approve every decision Review process rewards people who rubber stamp decisions of mgmt

2.0

Dec 1, 2010

Company changed for the worse over the 10 years I worked there

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits package was good. Pay average. Nice facilities. Gym. Vacation time was generous (although this has now changed based on conversations with current employees.

Cons

Top leadership thought that the bottom line could be maintained/improved by cutting US jobs and sending them overseas. Lower to level employee benefits, stock options and profit sharing were lowered and are now gone except for very few and the higher levels of management. Top management communicated with their employees as though they were marketing to external customers. Senior management were reactive to new innovations rather than leading them. The only successful new product which Adobe developed in the 10 years I was there was In-Design, which was strongly advanced by John Warnock. Since that time the company just acquired new products and updated existing ones.

3.0

Aug 11, 2010

Individual contributors at Adobe are amazing!

Senior program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The people I work with at the individual contributor level are amazing! Some of the best technical folks in the field who want to build amazing products.

Cons

Company becoming very top heavy with respect to managers and people who don't actually produce products or technologies.

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