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3.7 700 reviews

                             

69% Approve of the CEO

Adobe President and CEO Shantanu Narayen

Shantanu Narayen

(517 ratings)

84% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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Current Employee – been working at Adobe full-time for more than a year

ProsGreat brand , fantastic engineering team , amazing benefits that include 5 weeks of vacation plus 2 weeks of sick time , sabbatical after 5 years

ConsZero career path , only talk but no serious thought to developing career , lack of communication to all levels for a company of this size

Advice to Senior ManagementFocus on having a defined career path for your people . Titles needed to be reconsidered given the kind of strategic work we do . No career growth whatsoever . Look for more ways to engage and motivate your employees . Easy way is to at least see other companies in your space and replicate .

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Seattle, WA

Current Employee – been working at Adobe full-time for more than 10 years

ProsFocused operational excellence. Customer first attitude. innovative and willing to take risks. Pragmatic and business results oriented. Willing to listen to ideas from across the company.

ConsConsensus driven culture can make it difficult to drive projects forward. It can be difficult to strike a balance between top priorities and secondary priorities, leading to a black and white either or approach.

Advice to Senior ManagementDon't hold back. Be willing to take bigger risks. Push decisions down into the organization and empower individuals to execute like entrepreneurs.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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San Jose, CA

Current Employee – been working at Adobe full-time for more than 7 years

ProsProfessional environment; smart hard-working coworkers; projects are very interesting and well-run for the most part; facilities are amazing; upper management has vision; the food is really good; employees are treated well with awesome benefits and two shutdowns per year; proud of my employer for being environmentally and socially conscious.

ConsNot always enough people resources to get the job done effectively. To create a quality product, I'd have to work around the clock, so I have to make decisions about quality or completeness that I would rather not have to make.

Advice to Senior ManagementI understand why management makes the decisions they make. I trust that the big picture makes sense. I just don't like it from my perspective, down here at the ground level.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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San Jose, CA

Current Employee – been working at Adobe full-time for more than 7 years

ProsTake good care of employees

ConsBad business systems and processes

Advice to Senior ManagementChanging culture

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San Jose, CA

Former Employee – worked at Adobe full-time for more than 3 years

ProsGreat People, great benefits. great pay

ConsSome managers allow work from home, others micro manage due to the fact they have zero ability to lead a team.

Advice to Senior ManagementDon't hire your friends and reward your top producers, don't just give all the leads to the cleat chaser who is quick to give you a handy. Management has no soul they fry there own to save face, crazy drug use and drinking going on.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Lehi, UT

Current Employee – been working at Adobe full-time for more than 7 years

ProsThe facilities are great with plenty of amenities. Most have work out facilities as well as locations to unwind and relax. The benefits package is also top notch.

ConsVery high expectation to perform, which is not entirely a bad thing, but can infringe on personal life at times. Typical communication problems of a large company exist, such as finding the right person to assist with a particular issue or project.

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San Francisco, CA

Current Employee – been working at Adobe full-time for more than 7 years

ProsGreat co-workers, "winning together", bold strategy

ConsLack of empathy and planning for dealing with those affected by changes in strategy

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Former Employee – worked at Adobe

Prosvery decent company; awesome working environment; great teams; smart coworkers

Consprojects are being moved to India constantly. it hurts the morale.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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San Jose, CA

Current Employee – been working at Adobe as a contractor for more than a year

ProsEmployees that I worked with were generally pleasant to work with and did their job well. The rate for consultants was competitive. Employee benefits are good.

ConsSome managers are not very organized. As with other companies, the work/life balance needs to be improved. Morale seems to be low.

Advice to Senior ManagementCommunicate better with employees and have a better work/life balance to keep the good workers. Need to make some changes to attract brighter employees. Encourage morale-boosting activities.

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San Jose, CA

Current Employee – been working at Adobe full-time for more than 7 years

ProsAdobe is managed very well by the executive team. They take very good care of their employees. The pay and benefits are good. The work environment is very nice with beautiful art all around the buildings.

ConsAdobe has layoffs almost every November which creates company-wide anxiety for several months each year. They do provide respectful layoff packages though.

Advice to Senior ManagementThe constant layoffs followed by huge hiring spurts really hurts employee moral and productivity. Curb the hiring and require managers to effectively manage their employees.

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