Which Adobe are you looking for? The new or the old? - Senior Computer Scientist Adobe Employee Review

4.0
23 Jan 2009
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Pros

Adobe (the formerly-Macromedia part, anyway) is taking the lead in rich client development. They are taking the mindshare away from Java on the client, which means more developers use what you work on, which is a good place to be. Aside from working on cool technology that actually gets used, you don't have to give up your life to do it. I feel my management is very flexible about letting me work from home as needed and sets realistic scheduling expectations. I'm also getting paid enough of a base salary to live in the SF Bay Area and the profit sharing is a nice bonus as well.

Cons

Some parts of the company are getting long in the tooth and jealous of the new kids on the block. There are two Adobe's -- the original Adobe that developed all of those fonts, PostScript, Acrobat, and Photoshop, and then there's the Adobe that used to be Macromedia. The original Adobe has a very corporate feel and the new Adobe has more of a free-wheeling, agile feel. That could be because it's younger.

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5.0
8 Jun 2026
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Pros

- Awesome culture. I love going to work every day. People are really nice - exciting to be in the industry where a lot of innovation is happening - good work life balance - flexible RTO - two one-week shutdowns per year, unlimited PTO, global wellness days, great benefits

Cons

- Leadership lost its way. Missed huge opportunities in markets served by Canva and GenAI. Took the wrong bet on commercially safe models, missing out on huge opportunities that were captured by competing GenAI models. No clear strategy or vision from management about how to get back in track. Our products are losing market share every day and management seems to be lime deer in headlights, unsure what to do - Watching stock price deflating nearly every day is disheartening - Decision making is very slow. Takes ages to get things approved. - C-suite is mostly over 50 and often seem out of touch with latest AI and tech trends. Uphill battle sometimes to get them to see urgent opportunities that need to be acted on immediately - Adobe failed to organically develop major products in the last 20 years. Major recent ones; Firefly and Express; have not been successful.

4.0
8 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

great work life balance. work with lots of friendly and smart people

Cons

company is struggling a little bit facing AI technologies

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