The people and the products are awesome but the consensus culture can be limiting. - Product Management Director Adobe Employee Review

4.0
Dec 27, 2010
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Pros

Adobe has some of the coolest and most creative products (Photoshop, Lightroom, InDesign, etc.). Most of the people you work with have a deep passion for the products and the customers.

Cons

Unfortunately, the company is starting to be dominated by people who don't care about the products and only care about maximizing revenue. Adobe by founded by two great men who loved technology and finding unique ways to solve problems. They solved customers' problems that they did not know they had (PostScript, PDF, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, etc.). It's been a long time since we invented anything at the company. Mostly because we don't give these new ideas (products, services, technologies) enough time to mature. They typically get cut within the first year because they are not making the millions of dollars the company needs.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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