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Shantanu Narayen
I have been working at Adobe full-time
Pros – Generous benefits, competitive salaries, great work atmosphere, cool technologies
Cons – Lots of hours, and concerns of layoff if economy is not doing well
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-03-05 12:47 PST
I worked at Adobe as an intern
Pros – Location of the office and the amenities are awesome.
Cons – Most of the work is involved in working around old projects that are the cash cows of the company. It hampers rapid new development. Also, the new trend of reaching the masses instead of satisfying the needs of just large organizations should also be looked into. It is important for the growth and recognition of the company in my opinion.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-03-03 15:35 PST
I worked at Adobe full-time for more than a year
Pros – Family friendly, flexible hours, good learning, and okay pay
Cons – too many fiefdoms and silos, too much bureucracy that you could expect in a large organization
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-03-04 15:29 PST
I worked at Adobe full-time for more than 10 years
Pros – Surrounded by extremely competent folks, in a fairly collaborative and collegial environment. Benefits are excellent, opportunities for growth abound.
Cons – Upper management has made some boneheaded mistakes and failed to realize the strategic import of certain key areas at various times.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-03-04 16:34 PST
I have been working at Adobe full-time for more than 7 years
Pros – * Work/Life balance
* Changing from monolithic and slow to fast-paced and cutting edge
* Industry leader developing cool technology
Cons – * Mobility is difficult
* Average Pay
* History of slow process and bottlenecks (but changing)
Advice to Senior Management – Keep pushing the company to be agile
Reduce process and layers of bureaucracy
Quicken decision making
Increase perks
Maintain good work/life balance
Get young talent
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-03-02 09:40 PST
I worked at Adobe full-time for more than 3 years
Pros – Very, very smart people to work with and learn from
Great benefits and competitive salary
Nice offices
Cons – Upper management doesn't clearly communicate a vision
Holds on to antiquated technology instead of moving it forward
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-02-27 16:18 PST
I have been working at Adobe full-time for more than 3 years
Pros – Great insurance, matching 401k, backup daycare/adult care, pay towards fitness, pay monthly for portion of childcare, cafeteria onsite, gym onsite, free parking, free bus pass, great location, great people, free drinks & some snacks
Cons – comp plan constantly changes, mandatory certifications on products we don't really sell, hard to hit quota because they raise it outrageously year over year.
Advice to Senior Management – Higher base, more consistency with territory assignment and need achievable, reasonable quotas
2013-03-20 07:45 PDT
I have been working at Adobe full-time for more than 3 years
Pros – great work life balance, only work 40 hours a week, great benefits, lots of great perks (free cal train pass, basketball court in SJ office, free onsite gym in SJ), get your own office in SJ
Cons – slow to change, too many processes sometimes to get things done (could save a week worths of time if some processes were not in place), sometimes have to work with teams in different time zones (in my opinion lots of wasted time and less productive)
Advice to Senior Management – promote people according to their work and not because they know upper management. Listen to your employees ideas and give them a chance to work on them.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-03-11 15:54 PDT
I worked at Adobe full-time for more than a year
Pros – nice collegues, lot to lear from them. nice way to start a career
Cons – horrible colegues also and very noisy to .
Advice to Senior Management – too many managers! too many meetings!!!
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-03-12 11:51 PDT
I have been working at Adobe as an intern for less than a year
Pros – not so intense company enviroment , fun events, nice people
Cons – working environment not so good as crowding everyone into two hugh building
Advice to Senior Management – should connect more with real product development
2013-03-08 15:56 PST
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