Adobe.. and EXCELLENT place to work! - Technical Architect Adobe Employee Review

5.0
Jun 4, 2008
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Pros

Adobe is simply a great place to work. As en employer, it's just clear in every facet that they do the right thing, such as employee charity matching, profit sharing, and training. The encourage people to get involved with the community and give back, and more importantly , they support those efforts. As far as pay goes, Adobe is extremely fair. Each quarter I get a quarterly bonus which is made up of 3 components of which I'm acutely aware, and also a profit sharing bonus that is typically OVER the amount tha was quoted in my offer letter. Don't forget the 5 weeks of vacation either! you get 24 days of PTO per year, and if it's accumulating too fast you can CASH IT OUT in two week increments! I've never heard of that. They also reward people with stock (not stock options in many cases) for a job well done or in addition to a raise in pay at review time. All adobe products are available for purchase by adobe employees for an EXTREME discount, too. An employee can get a copy of the master collection for about 95% off its retail price, which is just unheard of. They also have a deal with Apple where employees get access to a special version of the apple store that has all discounted prices.

Cons

The sheer number of products can be daunting. It's impossible to be familiar with everything. For example I'm mostly involved with Flex and Livecycle consulting, but I dont often get a chance to work with photoshop, dreamweaver, etc, though I know these are all very heavily used technologies. they do a good job of cross training though to give people exposure to products outside of their area.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
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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.

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3.0
Jun 8, 2026
Recommend
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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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