Great brand and kudos as a place to work, still work to do in reality! - Anonymous employee Adobe Employee Review

4.0
Jan 2, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

As said by many others - great products, well known brand, seen as a great company to work for. Good size (between 6000-7000 employees) - big enough to be a 'proper company' but small enough that individuals can make a difference. Hiring policy is generally to aim high in terms of candidate quality and experience, and pay accordingly. Therefore people are usually paid well on joining for their role & level. The company is generally very amenable to internal progression and there are a large number of very loyal long-serving employees around the place!

Cons

The downside of hiring at the top end is that there are a lot of clever, highly experienced individuals with limited opportunities for progression, due to a relatively flat org structure and small span of control for people managers. This can lead to frustration when people are looking for their next career move and it sometimes seems that the only opportunities to progress are outside the UK (typically US roles) or outside the company. As mentioned before, Adobe is still working hard to establish itself as an Enterprise vendor and therefore customer perception is often still 'just a Desktop company'.

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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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