Is Adobe a good company to work for as a Software Engineer?

Software Engineer professionals working at Adobe have rated their employer with 4.2 out of 5 stars in 655 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Adobe employees being 4.1 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Engineer Jobs at Adobe now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineer interview questions at Adobe .

Does Adobe pay Software Engineer employees well?

Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Adobe with 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 655 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.5% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineer salaries at Adobe.

How happy are Software Engineer professionals working at Adobe?

76% of Software Engineer employees at Adobe would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 7% in the past 12 months. Software Engineer professionals have also rated Adobe with a 4.2 rating for work-life-balance, 4.3 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.1 rating for culture and values and 4.0 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Adobe?

Software Engineer (625) , 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 (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 1285 reviews)); "perks are amazing and people are great" ((in 833 reviews)); "Good work culture and better project" ((in 502 reviews)); "Good pay and stocks for total comp" ((in 318 reviews)); "Good Salary and growth." ((in 310 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 256 reviews)); "The annual layoffs mentioned by others are really more about shifting jobs offshore" ((in 91 reviews)); "No work from home :(" ((in 71 reviews)); "Less growth opportunities for certain roles" ((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 61 reviews))

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4.2

76% would recommend to a friend

(655 total reviews)

Shantanu Narayen

75% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

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4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.1

Culture & values

4.0

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Career opportunities

3.8

Senior management

Software Engineer employees have rated Adobe with 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 655 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Adobe is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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655 reviews

5.0

Mar 4, 2025

Good life/work balance!

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Adobe has a really good life/work balance. Not really forcing you to work really hard, but you have to think

Cons

You have to pay for meals. Good salad bar though!

3.0

Feb 20, 2025

Decent

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting projects, nice people, helpful as a company

Cons

Big company vibe. Hard to grow and promote. Need to play the office game

5.0

Feb 9, 2025

Great benefits, competitive pay

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits and work-life balance was really good.

Cons

Not enough emphasis on education and growing within the company. They have benefits that give you stipend for education materials but I wish it was more of a cultural thing.

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