Adobe reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(10,059 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 10,059 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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5.0
Jun 4, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Adobe is simply a great place to work. As en employer, it's just clear in every facet that they do the right thing, such as employee charity matching, profit sharing, and training. The encourage people to get involved with the community and give back, and more importantly , they support those efforts. As far as pay goes, Adobe is extremely fair. Each quarter I get a quarterly bonus which is made up of 3 components of which I'm acutely aware, and also a profit sharing bonus that is typically OVER the amount tha was quoted in my offer letter. Don't forget the 5 weeks of vacation either! you get 24 days of PTO per year, and if it's accumulating too fast you can CASH IT OUT in two week increments! I've never heard of that. They also reward people with stock (not stock options in many cases) for a job well done or in addition to a raise in pay at review time. All adobe products are available for purchase by adobe employees for an EXTREME discount, too. An employee can get a copy of the master collection for about 95% off its retail price, which is just unheard of. They also have a deal with Apple where employees get access to a special version of the apple store that has all discounted prices.

Cons

The sheer number of products can be daunting. It's impossible to be familiar with everything. For example I'm mostly involved with Flex and Livecycle consulting, but I dont often get a chance to work with photoshop, dreamweaver, etc, though I know these are all very heavily used technologies. they do a good job of cross training though to give people exposure to products outside of their area.

5.0
Jun 2, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

As an employee, you get approximately 90% discounted software. You have so many resources to learn the products at your fingertips, if you have the will to learn, there's a way. Your ideas will get heard - There is a saying at Adobe that "Good ideas come from everywhere in the company" and you see it a lot. People with good ideas will be heard and recognized when the idea comes to fruition. Adobe also makes sure it's employees are comfortable and happy there. A good work/home life balance is encouraged. There isn't a lot of turnover at Adobe either. If you are hired on, you'll likely be there a long time if you want to (and most people do want to).

Cons

Because it's a large company, with offices all over the world, thousands of employees and may cultures working together, it can sometimes take a long time to make changes. This could be a good thing, since it usually means there are a lot of people involved for checks and balances, but if a change needs to happen soon, the size of the company can slow it down. Another aspect of Adobe that is usually a positive but can sometimes be viewed negatively is that most people have their own office. This is great if you need peace and quite to work effectively but in some cases, it's easy to become isolated from others in the company if you never leave your office.

2.0
May 9, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good compensation package for employees. Good corporate citizen.

Cons

Very political / careerist focused (vs. customer focused). Employee moral at the individual contributor level very poor within and across several business units due to talent loss rate (both natural attrition and off-shoring).

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