So you think you have got a call or an offer letter from Adobe? THINK AGAIN!
Adobe has this rotting division called Adobe Global Services (AGS) / Global Delivery Center (GDC). People are currently unaware of this and the recruiters lure job seekers with the tag name of Adobe. And once they join, they realize they were better off joining TCS or Infosys as this service division at Adobe stands no where close to them.
First and Foremost - THIS IS NOT AN ADOBE PRODUCT DIVISION!
Salary Structure-
Its a Joke, you would be given a package which includes 15 to 20% variable. The variable is paid every quarter, and it is tagged to you being billed more than 80% of your time in projects, if you go below that your variable component paid to you is zero. Yes, that's right, this is a services division, hence you have BILLABILITY!
Division-
This is a services division, you need to maintain 9 hours of time everyday, work from home is a joke, it doesn't exist. You are forced to show 'billability' for atleast 80% for a quarter. You go below that and your variable component is not paid to you. Billability is where you are tagged to a project, and getting a project is another joke here. AGS has no projects at all and the managers's billability is decided based on their reportees's and hence they would put you in any work so as to save themselves. Since they hardly have any projects, more than 90% of the folks loose their variable amount. Even if there's a project, you have loads of political vultures who would fight for it so as to get some billability.
There's a notorious saying in this division - People would even make you drive cabs if some one promises some billability in that.
Leadership-
What do you expect from a leader who cant even talk in english properly? Whose growth for a division is based on increasing head counts and not results? Lesser said, the better.
Facilities-
Till now AGS was allowed to sit with some of the best minds of Adobe in the same building, but very soon they are going to be kicked out to a different building. God forbid the employees, With a strength of 300+ people, if there are only 25 car parks and 50 bike parks available, no cab facilities, this gives you a clear picture about how important AGS/ GDC is for Adobe.
How Not to Fall for this Trap?
If you have a Interview call from Adobe:
1. Ask for the division name from the recruiter? Does she say AGS/ AEM Consulting/ GDC or Practise (New one to lure bakras)? If yes, you can hang up immediately!
2. Is the recruiter hesitant to share the Job Description? Does she keep postponing it? Hang up!
If you have an offer letter already:
1. Look for your job role, Does it end it Consultant? Like Associate Consultant, Tech or Senior Tech Consultant? Reject the offer! If its Adobe, they would take you as an MTS or as a Computer Scientist, Anything with Consultant is a trap!
2. Look for your office location or your interview location, Is it not Prestige Tech Park Kadubeesanahalli? Reject! As AGS will be kicked out in about 2 weeks from the day this review has been written.
3. Were the interviews relatively easy? Do you feel you got into Adobe without much efforts? Reject! They don't have talented folks in AGS to interview anyone :-)
4. Were you not given stocks? Reject! Adobe has barred AGS division from giving stocks at all.
Adobe product division has some of the best minds in the world. It is an achievement to work there. AGS/ GDS is bang opposite. Folks who are considering AGS/ GDC even after reading all this, I understand its hard to reject an offer as its from "Adobe", but trust me, you will be screwing up your career. Instead, use AGS's offer and look for a better one.
Please don't join here, else, you would be the next one venting out your frustration about AGS/ GDC at Glassdoor!
I am lucky I am doing this after getting out from there :-)
Rated as 1, only because Glassdoor doesn't accept 0 or negative rating.
