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      4.1

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (10,063 total reviews)
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      Shantanu Narayen

      86% approve of CEO

      66% positive business outlook

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      4.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.2

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Senior management

      Adobe has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 10,063 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
      Jun 12, 2008

      Excellent company to work for, but you must work very hard

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Exciting technologies, nice people, respect and excellent treatment of employees from management. Hours are flexible. Many training opportunities, and outstanding benefits.

      Cons

      Adobe is still a small company and is competing with giants like Microsoft, Apple, and Google. Employees know they must keep Adobe strong and competitive, and being acquired would be a nightmare. This, however, creates a constant pressure on everyone that they have to work hard, sometimes too hard.

      4.0
      Jun 11, 2008

      Adobe can be a great place to work, but has lost some of its ways

      Product manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You get to work on products that people LOVE using. For people who are married and have kids, Adobe is probably as good of a place you'll find in Silicon Valley balancing work-life.

      Cons

      Adobe has gotten to become quite BIG company especially after the acquisition of Macromedia. Traditionally, Adobe has been a very conservatively managed company and leads to analysis paralysis for every decision and moves slowly... Adobe was "late" to the Internet, and is still sort of catching up. Adobe traditionally likes to make small "bets" rather than back a few big ones, though Adobe is spending a lot of resources on Adobe-Integrated-Runtime (AIR).

      5.0
      Mar 10, 2012

      Empowering

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Total autonomy. Adobe really believes in the freedom to work how you work best. It is refreshing to see a company hire talent and then offer an environment where they can contribute freely. Lots of cool perks across the board. Great worldwide HQ campus. Really focused on being environmentally conscious, and of course who can forget free access to everything produced by Adobe. They even have a system for you to buy retail packaged software for your friends/family at a ridiculously discounted rate.

      Cons

      It's a big company so it can sometimes seem difficult to plot your career advancement, though they do offer help in this respect. I've heard of others taking up the offer to move around departments/roles, but honestly I think this is primarily geared at the most junior level employees. The reality is, they hire top talent and understandably want to see the fruits of their recruitment in a specific area they tapped you for.

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