Nice place, shame about the quiet culture and bad apples that ruin it. A pity! - Technical Specialist Adobe Employee Review

3.0
Aug 30, 2018
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Pros

Reasonably nice pay, decent offices with free drinks. Mostly really nice people, and some nice RSU options and employee stock programs.

Cons

Well - what can I say? A lot of late nights, a fair amount of workplace harassment (“company old timers” waiting until you’re on the train home before rejecting yet another code review without showing you how the company likes things done - missed three deadlines because of this!). This was basically bullying and I realised quickly that there was no appetite to tackle it, and so I had to just get on with it and make plans to get out ASAP. Lots of people looking very tired and too frightened to leave or speak up about the frankly awful culture. What a pity. So many really nice nice people too, who I really liked - pretty much spoiled by one or two very very bad apples.

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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
Recommend
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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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