Deeply destructive to my mental health I’m still recovering - Anonymous employee Adobe Employee Review

2.0
Jan 4, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Nice offices, great employee benefits (free food, health and wellness benefits, frequent Adobe owned events) the name is obviously great, nice to work for a famous company. A lot of structure and work already I’m place, experts and advanced levels of knowledge loads to learn, latest tech available.

Cons

Single handedly the most psychotic place I’ve ever worked, totally chaotic, no transparency, multiple senior leaders “resigning” without notice when in reality they are fired and forced out by other leaders coming from other parts of the business. Truly cloack and dagger. There is no honestly, everyone lies and hides the truth and you are subject to last minute shock attack meetings, where you’re bombarded with violent criticism that you can’t usually help due to lack of transparency and communication. All the same inequality issues as most big tech, Adobe are just really good at PR-ing the hell out of their employee ran diversity clubs that don’t do anything meaningful to improve employee experience they throw parties and give out branded merchandise. This business is full of deeply calculating people who are rewarded for how cut throat they can be. Whatever you do don’t believe the one family messaging, it’s a lie, no one takes care of each other and you aren’t protected no matter how hard you work. Leaders do whatever they like to their teams and are rewarded with more team members. Ultimately it was a terrible place to work but the Employee resource centre puts on loads of events, gives away a bunch of freebies and travel opportunities cloud just how grim it really is. There is also 0 upward progression people work there for 10+ years and never get promoted.

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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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