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 (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 1308 reviews)); "perks are amazing and people are great" ((in 824 reviews)); "Good work culture and better project" ((in 494 reviews)); "Good pay and benefit s" ((in 312 reviews)); "Good Salary and growth." ((in 299 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 255 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and have to perform well to keep the job." ((in 84 reviews)); "No work from home policy" ((in 71 reviews)); "Less growth opportunities into management from IC" ((in 65 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))

Adobe Software Engineer reviews

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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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

Sep 25, 2012

Great company to work with

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work culture, excellent food, good compensation, rewards for ideas. excellent technologies. profit sharing and RSUs are also good earning modes. Patents can give u more...

Cons

none that i saw. in case u come from service industry, working long shifts sometimes may be tiring. but work life balance is far better than any in NCR.

5.0

Sep 20, 2012

Great company culture, and good work life balance

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great company culture, and good work life balance. Interesting technical challenges, great team work and collaboration.

Cons

Little opportunities to grow, small salaries not competitive to the market for entry level positions

3.0

Aug 28, 2012

Good company to work for, yet lacks perks of other tech companies

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Gym compensation, good hardware to work on, relatively flat management hierarchy

Cons

Low salary, lacks perks of other silicon valley companies (free food, travel compensation etc)

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