Experiences will vary greatly depending on team and management - Senior Systems Engineer Adobe Employee Review

4.0
Jan 15, 2017
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Pros

Adobe as a company really seems to care about the well being of it's employees. They have very competitive benefits and will always get you the hardware / software you want to do your job. Most of the offices have done really well to hire a diverse group of people and it seems to be really benefiting the company.

Cons

The office in Lehi has retained a lot of the old management from a previous acquisition that was based in Utah. This has brought with it a very polarized staff who work under the assumption that everyone is just like them. The hiring practices and management reflect this as well. Management doesn't seem to want to take action until you have had a problem. Never before when you are telling them that there is going to be one. Additionally, if you are a performer, the workload will just pile on to that individual. There area a lot of under-performers who are content with just doing minimal amount of work and much of the management enjoys this type who don't have any drive. Finally, at times, there is minimal amount of communications from your manager to you about how they feel you are performing and what that will mean at review time. You are very often left guessing what compensation will be right up until you just receive an email.

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Cons

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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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