Adobe - you'll never want to work anywhere else. - Media Specialist Adobe Employee Review

5.0
Jun 2, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

As an employee, you get approximately 90% discounted software. You have so many resources to learn the products at your fingertips, if you have the will to learn, there's a way. Your ideas will get heard - There is a saying at Adobe that "Good ideas come from everywhere in the company" and you see it a lot. People with good ideas will be heard and recognized when the idea comes to fruition. Adobe also makes sure it's employees are comfortable and happy there. A good work/home life balance is encouraged. There isn't a lot of turnover at Adobe either. If you are hired on, you'll likely be there a long time if you want to (and most people do want to).

Cons

Because it's a large company, with offices all over the world, thousands of employees and may cultures working together, it can sometimes take a long time to make changes. This could be a good thing, since it usually means there are a lot of people involved for checks and balances, but if a change needs to happen soon, the size of the company can slow it down. Another aspect of Adobe that is usually a positive but can sometimes be viewed negatively is that most people have their own office. This is great if you need peace and quite to work effectively but in some cases, it's easy to become isolated from others in the company if you never leave your office.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Awesome culture. I love going to work every day. People are really nice - exciting to be in the industry where a lot of innovation is happening - good work life balance - flexible RTO - two one-week shutdowns per year, unlimited PTO, global wellness days, great benefits

Cons

- Leadership lost its way. Missed huge opportunities in markets served by Canva and GenAI. Took the wrong bet on commercially safe models, missing out on huge opportunities that were captured by competing GenAI models. No clear strategy or vision from management about how to get back in track. Our products are losing market share every day and management seems to be lime deer in headlights, unsure what to do - Watching stock price deflating nearly every day is disheartening - Decision making is very slow. Takes ages to get things approved. - C-suite is mostly over 50 and often seem out of touch with latest AI and tech trends. Uphill battle sometimes to get them to see urgent opportunities that need to be acted on immediately - Adobe failed to organically develop major products in the last 20 years. Major recent ones; Firefly and Express; have not been successful.

3.0
Jun 8, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great opportunity to learn from incredibly smart people, many opportunities to continue education, great for independent workers, not so for entry

Cons

Upper management forgets that first line managers need training. You need a thick skin to survive them

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