Acquisition Woes & Toxic Adobe Lehi Culture - Anonymous employee Adobe Employee Review

2.0
Aug 13, 2021
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good benefits, beautiful facility, global COVID days off, bereavement leave for pregnancy loss

Cons

Adobe is ranked as one of the best companies to work for, which not only conflicts with my experience at Adobe, but makes me worried about going somewhere else. My experience at Adobe has been so poor. After reading my examples below, you may ask yourself, "Why not go somewhere else?" My answer is that if this is as good as it gets, there is nowhere that will be better than Adobe and that is why I am still here. Examples: 1. Myself and others were misleveled upon acquisition and have been essentially told to "deal with it." In regards to pay, a female manager alerted Adobe she was underpaid not only at her level, but at the level below her, and was told to be grateful for what she has and that no laws had been broken. Many people have given Adobe the opportunity to make things right since the acquisition, myself included, and Adobe has refused each time. 2. There is a toxic, White, patriarchal culture that is pervasive throughout Utah. It exists at Adobe Lehi. White men hire white men and are offended (and retaliate) when diversity concerns are raised. 3. The ERC does not take employee concerns seriously. It is well known, and openly discussed, that you should not surface concerns to that organization. The default is inaction. I know several people who are considering their legal options to get concerns addressed. Note: If you are a current employee reading this and you have to go to the ERC, please document all interactions with them and avoid meeting in person. Better yet, go directly to your HR Business Partner. 4. Male leaders are not punished for their sexist behavior. When reported to their superiors, they tell us things like, "He's better than he was," and, "He's just lonely. Cut him some slack." TLDR; When you have enough resources, you can make anything look better than reality. I believe that is what Adobe does. Investing resources into community events, internal groups, etc. is insufficient when you are unwilling to do the work to create a truly healthy work culture. I know I speak for other women at Adobe Lehi when I say we want to be paid and leveled fairly, treated with respect, and listened to when serious issues occur.

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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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