Great time & great frustration - Manager Adobe Employee Review

2.0
May 20, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great Digital Marketing suite concept, smart positioning. Huge potential. Meet great talent on the field. Good compensation package.

Cons

Many political conflict, some manager are just pure politicians. Requirement to communicate about what you are doing permanently, appearances are key. Mass of reporting task, internal pressure and few resources compared to other comparable software vendor organization in Europe. Many silos. It’s difficult to build long-term relationships with customers. The management do not want to hear anything out off the revenue achieved over the quarter. The priority is given to sale organization. The top management disregards the rest of the organizations on the field. Fake HR. You can be used as a fuse to save an incompetent manager. Adobe is carbonising a lot of talent over years, weak reward for loyalty and personal commitment. Being a doer is not enough. Environment is better in US.

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Cons

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