Adobe reviews

4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(10,123 total reviews)
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86% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Adobe has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 10,123 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 Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0
Jul 16, 2010

Adobe review

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Pros

Very good benefits, from PTO to health plans. Discounted software. Flexible work hours - must be in core hours but able to work from home on occasion.

Cons

Company shut down weeks require you to use your PTO hours at company's convenience. Middle management - across the board - is often out to promote themselves by stepping over their direct reports, and taking the glory of their work, but not helping them grow. They do not understand that it is the direct reports success that make them a successful manager. The company changes focus frequently, from a creative services software company to a back server enterprise focus. Company lays off staff regularly to make the board happy - as the operations budget needs to be lower to make profit margins higher. Lay offs happen even when profits are high. Company states it encourages growth within the company - even across different groups and positions, when in actuality, HR only considers current position, and won't discuss other opportunities. Every group is measured on group goals - even if they contradict goals of all of the other groups.

3.0
Dec 4, 2009

Used to be a great place to work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Good benefit - Many opportunities to learn (free training courses, seminars, etc) - Private offices for all regular employees (SJ only) - Bonuses, shipping gifts if you are in a profitable product team

Cons

- More and more projects being moved overseas (meaning poor job security and more early morning and late night meetings) - Less or no career opportunities - Poor communication from upper management - Frequent changes in company/product direction

4.0
Jan 23, 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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