Underdeveloped World! - Senior Computer Scientist Adobe Employee Review

1.0
Jun 14, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

They exist only after you have catered to your manager's personal whims and fancies.

Cons

A place best avoided, especially digital media group. Managers have right to revoke your weekend passes at will. In the name of daily sync-up you could find upto 7 people on the other side of the table (with manager as suffix product, qe, dev, xd) drilling holes in your brain in their personal capacity and limited subject knowledge. Any attempt to reason is met with arguments like you are not settled here yet, I know the VP here etc etc. Beware, manager could make an attempt to fire you even after you have resigned (yes its true) hoping you would be ignorant. You might have to rope in telecom operators (HR which are more or less telecom operators with rule book in their hand) to get the manager to uphold the hiring contract, which you had with the company instead of him. Can't apply leave without prior intimation, can't take a leave as sick which has been informed a-prior. Its a primitive work environment fraught with closed door verbal abuse and harassment. Any communication with people falling under HR category is met with argument that you will have to get even with your manager first.

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5.0
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Pros

Great company, great culture and supportive people.

Cons

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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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