My biggest complaint is I was hired for a job that did not exist - Anonymous employee Adobe Employee Review

2.0
Jan 27, 2020
Anonymous employee
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Pros

No doubt that Adobe is a great company with good salaries, amazing products and lots of benefits and perks. The issue is to be found in the fact that 80% of the Berlin office works for Adobe Stock, Adobe's image bank.

Cons

There is no real leadership (vision and inspiration), only management. The culture is basically "do as you are told". Suggestions and recommendations by employees are most of the time ignored, the teams have no processes in place for anything. The ridiculous recruitment process takes months and results in employees getting disheartened by repetitive and meaningless tasks. The job I applied to has nothing to do with the "tasks" I have to perform on a daily basis. Firings are highly political and have very little to do with talent or quality of contribution. They'll fire swaths of people and no one will know why.

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Pros

Best work/llife balance of the 5 large companies I have worked for, Adobe really cares for their employees. Free access to Adobe software. Lots of different offices to work from around the world. Prestigious products to work on. Future focused.

Cons

It's a corporate environment, so things can move pretty slow as you involve all the right people.

4.0
Jun 16, 2026
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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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