Adobe reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(10,094 total reviews)
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Shantanu Narayen

87% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Adobe has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 10,094 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Adobe employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0
Jul 4, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

- Adobe invests in retaining top talent. Experts land here, and then are incentivized heavily to stay. Thus, if you're fortunate enough to be a junior engineer on a team, chances are good that you'll be surrounded by the very best in the industry to help mentor you. I've found my team to be humble, mature, accomplished, and eager to help me improve my skills. - Because the engineers here are very much at the top of their game, it makes for a very uncompetitive atmosphere - they have little to prove and are very secure with their abilities. As a result, I've found the teams to be incredibly productive and collaborative. - Adobe has a thoughtful business strategy. It is stable, focused, and driven. It doesn't get swept up in the typical flashy and silly hype surrounding much of the tech industry. It's fun to be part of this larger, sensible vision. - I came here because the company placed a high value on ethics. Since I've been here, I've seen that these ethical standards are robust, and it makes for an awesome work environment. - This is one of the few top tech companies that truly wants you to have a good work-life balance. Adobe understands that their employees perform better when they're not burnt out. Adobe understands that it's better to retain top talent and reduce churn than it is to constantly lose key team members and have to get new employees up to speed. This seems like a no-brainer strategy, but if you look at the industry retention rates, you'll see that few companies understand this. - It's not a cult. I've not had anyone try to feed me kool aid. I really appreciate this, and probably would have gone elsewhere if this weren't the case. Even though I have a high opinion of the company, I've not ever really expressed this at work - it's simply not part of the culture to bleed for the brand or put on a show about how much you love the company.

Cons

- I wish its brand were as sexy as some other tech companies.

2.0
Jun 28, 2017

Support

Recommend
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Pros

Good pay and benefits, free parking, all travel and expenses paid, access to great software.

Cons

Too many layoffs, too many managers, very India centric company. If jobs don't move to India they move to Utah where there are some of the lowest wages on the US. Company is most interested in their bottom line over needs of customers and employees. They say employees are their greatest assets, but don't really live up to that statement.

3.0
May 27, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

- Fantastic product and company vision - Generally strong culture and flexible working conditions - A lot of great people - Autonomous & proactive work ethic (unless in sales where you will be micromanaged)

Cons

- Local (AU/NZ) leadership is weak - agree that there are a lot of "yes men" who are just long standing sales guys, as per previous posts - An ever increasing amount of middle management who seem to do a lot of "strategy planning" but with no noticeable improvement for employees or customers. It seems like they spin a lot of plates to suit their own agendas. Plan, re-plan, re-plan... - Senior management have recently gone to the extent of moving themselves to a totally separate floor which completely removes them from the general workforce. Not exactly promoting an "open door policy". - Recent bad hires and resignations within sales management have completely turned the sales org haywire. - Repeatedly poor sales (Account Exec) hires has lead to a stressful culture - AU/NZ is a small operation and has little opportunity for major growth (in terms of headcount). Bear this in mind when considering career opportunities as your next step would likely be abroad (APAC or US), unless you play the game well and find yourself in a self-made middle management role as discussed above.

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