It's a good company. Experience will largely depend on which organizational and leadership group you are in. - Sales Operations Adobe Employee Review

4.0
Mar 28, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Good culture, perks, compensation, maternity/paternity leave, stock plan, friendly people. Most of the organization understands the value of flexibility. Jerks are largely clustered under leaders hiring more jerks. It's a good company. Experience will largely depend on which organizational and leadership group you are in. They have some good mid-level leaders and some aggressively sub-par ones who drive their employees too hard, but probably don't see as much attrition as they should because the company culture and benefits are good overall. Most of the mid-level management privately express concerns about how intensely we've hired in India, how they are blocked from hiring elsewhere, how challenging it is to find staff with a mindset of attention to detail, quality work, and an understanding of how to communicate internationally. They are generally afraid to communicate this to executives. Key executive positions are held by talented Indian leaders who do not appear to understand the extent of these cultural difficulties in hiring at an individual contributor level. Back office and IT are largely a mess because UX focus has been customer-centric for so long, and many small development mistakes have been introduced into systems. Leadership and hiring there could be improved as the complexity of the environment increases.

Cons

Most groups need tools and ideas to better manage the volume of meetings and emails consuming people's time. Open work environment increases collaboration and team bonding, in some cases, but reduces productivity as people find it difficult to maintain flow, or abandon their cubicles to find quiet spaces and less movement, despite a desire to work near their teams.

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
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Pros

Company does its best to take care of employees and avoid layoffs. Great office amenities and flexible work-life balance

Cons

Company is struggling with AI and needed changes. Management is scrambling to figure out the future, and many teams and employees are being bulldozed as a result

4.0
Jun 16, 2026
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Pros

* Refreshing focus on employee wellness * Brilliant colleagues * Compelling problems on interesting tools * Good work/life balance culture... generally (see cons) I've been at a few big tech companies and Adobe is one of my favorites. I feel empowered to make impactful changes here, I'm constantly stretching myself in fun ways, and the products we make are incredible. Product and engineering have big dreams, and all the resources we need to realize them.

Cons

* Big time crunch culture around arbitrary goals By far my biggest disappointment has been just how hard product pushes on big projects with arbitrary deadlines and difficult scope. It turns into cutting corners and delivering sub-par experiences even though we absolutely have the talent and capability to make some exceptional things if we just let the dang thing bake a few more months. I'd be more impressed with the tight clip if the goals were reasonable for good business reasons, but as far as I can tell the reason usually boils down to "some high-level manager wanted X and thought Y sounded like a good target date". * Comp growth leaves something to be desired. Raises feel pretty flat, though it's not the worst thing since stock rewards can be pretty good as appropriate for performance. Career progression is pretty good here too - I just find it odd how stale the base pay increases are year to year.

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