Must not be a first company for freshers, but a final retirement company for experienced - Computer Scientist Adobe Employee Review

4.0
Aug 31, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

* Awesome work culture. Everyone is very helpful. HR are gr8 * People are fun loving from top to bottom. Managers are friendly * Low work pressures * Work will be good if you are in a good team. You can apply patents and innovation is present. * Great compensation in Dev. Only MS, Google, Amazon, startups can beat it. * Delhi NCR * Best looking crowd with great density ( ;) ), compared to most of the tech majors(MS/Google/Amazon)

Cons

* Middle level managers have service company mentality wanting to please their masters from US. * No work means no learning and politics if you are stuck in wrong team. * Not much vertical growth because most employees dont leave. * US trips are rare and involve lot of politics * Useless stress on Patents (specific to India ) and managers will actually tell you to even fake them to file one. This is because you get money and managers get credit if team files patents. No wonder ex-cto(Kevin) even pointed out that most of patents from India are useless for company. * If in wrong team, you may end up working on techs which are outdated * Very few IITians stay in the company because of quality of work. * Company lacks clear direction & most of the products it creates are shut down in few years.

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5.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Pros

Nice mentors and supportive environment

Cons

Return offers depend on the headcount and could be difficult for research interns

4.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
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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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