Adobe reviews

* Lots of long-term employees can mean obduracy ... "This is how we do things here." Running a business unit via oligarchy is risky. Without fresh opinions, how can you know you're not seriously off track? * Little chance for promotion or mobility because of low attrition at the top * Senior-manager-heavy: we are having trouble hiring younger people, and some of our key talent isn't that far from retirement * PTO policy *sounds* great, but many managers discourage you from taking time off * Some truly abysmal people managers who have little experience running teams but who are given no motivation or resources to change their ways. * Everyone seems burned out most of the time. No one smiles any more. If you say 'good morning' in the hallway, people wince because they're afraid you're going to ask for something they don't have time to do.

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).