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 been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Adobe?

83% 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 (626) , Computer Scientist (315) , 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 (95) , 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 1281 reviews)); "perks are amazing and people are great" ((in 820 reviews)); "good work culture and WLB" ((in 501 reviews)); "Good Salary and growth." ((in 322 reviews)); "Good pay and benefit s" ((in 303 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 258 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and have to perform well to keep the job." ((in 93 reviews)); "No work from home :(" ((in 72 reviews)); "Less Growth Opportunity here at Adobe" ((in 66 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

83% would recommend to a friend

(10,116 total reviews)

Shantanu Narayen

86% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

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Adobe has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 10,116 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

3.0

Sep 4, 2013

The bureaucratic policies are overbearing at best

Director engagements

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The pay is reasonable but the work is exhaustive

Cons

Disorganized and overbearing bureaucratic policies get in the way of conducting timely business. Little in the way of life balance.

5.0

Sep 3, 2013

awesome company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great benefits and great pay

Cons

typical big company politics but manageable.

1.0

Aug 28, 2013

ok but terribly political

Sales engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice benefits, Flexible work hours, nice manager but spineless, nice office but work at home policy and vacation policy varies according to manager and not what is mentioned in the job offer letter (beware). Stock options with offer letter (beware as they disappear when you are let go which happens yearly)

Cons

Arrogance from folks at headquarters leads to mistrust in the field sales organization. The field experience is completely different than those in Utah or San Jose HQ locations. Beware when reading reviews of the locations of the reviewers. Many perks happen at HQ locations but not at the field locations. In fighting abounds between groups. The company goes through turmoil every time they buy another company. Layoffs happen yearly so beware as the stock options disappear if you get chosen to leave (they fail to tell you that when they make a great offer and give stock options).

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