Still a good place to work...mostly - Anonymous employee Adobe Employee Review

4.0
Jul 19, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Really smart coworkers - Good pay and benefits for the area - Good culture and lots of events - Great company perks - Great brand

Cons

- Lots of red tape in getting big initiatives pushed through - Cramped office with people jammed into every corner of the building - Office space designed for low profile walls to promote collaboration that really was more of a cost cutting initiative that made for a loud and distraction work environment - Little movement at the upper echelons which prevented movement beyond Sr. Mgr or Dir - Strong focus on hiring leaders from the outside instead of promoting within - Low appetite for taking risks - Lacking in ability for internal innovation that led, more often then not, to acquisitions for growth - Certain departments were very hesitant to allow any formal work from home programs - Recent high turnover in tenured employees due to internal drama and a culture that is starting to go down hill - Unclear organizational leadership at the BU level - Strong emphasis in diversity that over rotated to a negative bias towards over represented groups ie a perception that certain employees received promotions primarily because of belonging to an under represented gender or race. This includes an internal view by some that others are immune from termination because they fall in an under represented category even if those individuals were under performing

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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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