A place where you stop growing and have to play a lot of politics to win - Senior Manager Adobe Employee Review

1.0
Jan 8, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- High-salary, awesome benefits, time off (shutdown, sabbatical) etc. - Amazing vision and story to tell customers - A lot to learn since the product suite and industries they touch keeps growing - Cruise by and still not get fired makes for a pretty easy job - Amazing PR and on many lists of "best places to work" so you can share that on social media

Cons

- Very political organization like many other large corporations with "meh....so so" leaders who either moved up the ranks by just working there forever (but didn't grow true leadership skills) or newer and somewhat better leaders who are cut-throat and moved up by stomping on others - Does not care about people, it's all about closing business and leveraging the weaker/nice people to push their agendas - No people develop whatsoever, no concept of goal setting, quarterly check-in and promotions happen based on tenure not talent/deliverables. - Mid-level managers are just individual contributors with a manager title, you will learn nothing from them and they won't develop you either. They cruise and hope you cruise with them - No diversity even though they are on many lists, its all paid PR. Most of the top leaders are White or Indian men. They have some token female leaders but they all hold leadership roles for HR or CSM type organizations and they aren't the best of the best coz they keep the best to do actual work.

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Pros

* Refreshing focus on employee wellness * Brilliant colleagues * Compelling problems on interesting tools * Good work/life balance culture... generally (see cons) I've been at a few big tech companies and Adobe is one of my favorites. I feel empowered to make impactful changes here, I'm constantly stretching myself in fun ways, and the products we make are incredible. Product and engineering have big dreams, and all the resources we need to realize them.

Cons

* Big time crunch culture around arbitrary goals By far my biggest disappointment has been just how hard product pushes on big projects with arbitrary deadlines and difficult scope. It turns into cutting corners and delivering sub-par experiences even though we absolutely have the talent and capability to make some exceptional things if we just let the dang thing bake a few more months. I'd be more impressed with the tight clip if the goals were reasonable for good business reasons, but as far as I can tell the reason usually boils down to "some high-level manager wanted X and thought Y sounded like a good target date". * Comp growth leaves something to be desired. Raises feel pretty flat, though it's not the worst thing since stock rewards can be pretty good as appropriate for performance. Career progression is pretty good here too - I just find it odd how stale the base pay increases are year to year.

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