A once great place to work, sadly dismantled - Anonymous employee Adobe Employee Review

Adobe UK used to be a truly excellent place to work as a sales professional. It wasn't as high-pressured or straight-laced as the other major SaaS vendors, and had what felt like limitless potential and opportunity. The UK sales org was staffed with interesting and creative folk, the majority of whom were a pleasure to be around. Sales leadership, especially at First and Second levels, was understanding and supportive, for the most part. Growth was steady, we had sales reps winning global awards, career advancement was available. Unfortunately over the course of the last 3-5 years, that culture was eroded and replaced with a results-at-all-costs, 'either get in line or get out' mentality. Some poor performers were removed, fair enough, but some top performers and exciting younger talent were also forced out of the business due to personality clashes. Creativity in sales execution and new customer growth was deprioritised for squeezing an existing customer base until they had enough and served notice. The fun atmosphere was replaced with a relentless grind and humourless senior leadership. The UK sales organisation went through multiple senior leaders across 3 years with an average tenure of about 6 months - that is not normal and that is not a stable base from which to grow. FLMs have been brought in who, unfortunately, play favourites leading to questionable moves and demoralisation for others. It's a real shame - the potential was there to not tread the same paths as other organisations and yet...