Has destroyed many good careers - Senior Project Manager Adobe Employee Review

2.0
Aug 22, 2015
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Pros

Salary is competitive not industry leading Adobe brand has a good value in market Latest technologies to work with through acquisition

Cons

India management in IT is very very low skilled The modus operandi is destroy others continously and create perceptions There are no friends even colleagues, the env is set to harm relationships India IT is clearly a sweat shop for US IT There are lobbies inside IT which keeps good people killed in the cross fire US makes sure good leaders doesnt rise in India The overall environment is to make employees feel insecure and dejected to keep them stuck to company For high performing knowledgeable employees use of curt, hurtful and mocking tone by seniors to harm positivity

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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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