Great people and working environment. - Quality Engineer Manager Adobe Employee Review

4.0
10 Apr 2012
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Pros

Great people, Technology and working environment

Cons

Everyone is working scared. November comes and we layoff hundred of US workers and hire them in India, It has happed 4 out of 5 years. Employees do not trust management. Adobe has dropped the goal of being innovative and now follows other leaders. They want to be part of everything and lack focus. Management has trully lost it over last year with bad decisions and communication. Word is that they are just trucking along to vest more options and then re-org to buy more time. I think they should just make a clear cut and close all offices in US and move it to India and China - get it over with.

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5.0
22 Jun 2026
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Pros

Company does its best to take care of employees and avoid layoffs. Great office amenities and flexible work-life balance

Cons

Company is struggling with AI and needed changes. Management is scrambling to figure out the future, and many teams and employees are being bulldozed as a result

4.0
16 Jun 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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