There is a lot of toxicity from top down in the DX organization - Product Manager Adobe Employee Review

2.0
Jul 24, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, colleagues and peers can be great

Cons

There are several male senior leaders who have been brought in who hold a very misogynistic approach to working with female leaders. Certain types of toxic behaviors - a Senior Leader who will only work with a male team member and dismisses working with any female member is not addressed. It is rewarded and this misogynistic and inequitable behavior creates a lot of opportunities for many male members of the team and pushes the females on the team into less visible roles which then comes to impact promotions, growth and recognition. Rather than dealing with the toxicity the behavior is allowed, normalized and in some ways, encouraged. Managers and Directors are often managing up and take walking orders from their superiors without offering much input or providing alternative ways to approach problems. They tactically do and the work is often not strategic but tactical and reactive. Adobe has an issue with ageism within certain parts of the organization. It is NOT a top place to work in my opinion.

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5.0
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Pros

Awesome manager, work life balance, great pay, good food

Cons

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4.0
Jun 16, 2026
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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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