Adobe.. and EXCELLENT place to work! - Technical Architect Adobe Employee Review

5.0
Jun 4, 2008
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Pros

Adobe is simply a great place to work. As en employer, it's just clear in every facet that they do the right thing, such as employee charity matching, profit sharing, and training. The encourage people to get involved with the community and give back, and more importantly , they support those efforts. As far as pay goes, Adobe is extremely fair. Each quarter I get a quarterly bonus which is made up of 3 components of which I'm acutely aware, and also a profit sharing bonus that is typically OVER the amount tha was quoted in my offer letter. Don't forget the 5 weeks of vacation either! you get 24 days of PTO per year, and if it's accumulating too fast you can CASH IT OUT in two week increments! I've never heard of that. They also reward people with stock (not stock options in many cases) for a job well done or in addition to a raise in pay at review time. All adobe products are available for purchase by adobe employees for an EXTREME discount, too. An employee can get a copy of the master collection for about 95% off its retail price, which is just unheard of. They also have a deal with Apple where employees get access to a special version of the apple store that has all discounted prices.

Cons

The sheer number of products can be daunting. It's impossible to be familiar with everything. For example I'm mostly involved with Flex and Livecycle consulting, but I dont often get a chance to work with photoshop, dreamweaver, etc, though I know these are all very heavily used technologies. they do a good job of cross training though to give people exposure to products outside of their area.

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
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Pros

Company does its best to take care of employees and avoid layoffs. Great office amenities and flexible work-life balance

Cons

Company is struggling with AI and needed changes. Management is scrambling to figure out the future, and many teams and employees are being bulldozed as a result

4.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
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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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