ok but terribly political - Sales Engineer Adobe Employee Review

1.0
28 Aug 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Nice benefits, Flexible work hours, nice manager but spineless, nice office but work at home policy and vacation policy varies according to manager and not what is mentioned in the job offer letter (beware). Stock options with offer letter (beware as they disappear when you are let go which happens yearly)

Cons

Arrogance from folks at headquarters leads to mistrust in the field sales organization. The field experience is completely different than those in Utah or San Jose HQ locations. Beware when reading reviews of the locations of the reviewers. Many perks happen at HQ locations but not at the field locations. In fighting abounds between groups. The company goes through turmoil every time they buy another company. Layoffs happen yearly so beware as the stock options disappear if you get chosen to leave (they fail to tell you that when they make a great offer and give stock options).

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Cons

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Pros

- Awesome culture. I love going to work every day. People are really nice - exciting to be in the industry where a lot of innovation is happening - good work life balance - flexible RTO - two one-week shutdowns per year, unlimited PTO, global wellness days, great benefits

Cons

- Leadership lost its way. Missed huge opportunities in markets served by Canva and GenAI. Took the wrong bet on commercially safe models, missing out on huge opportunities that were captured by competing GenAI models. No clear strategy or vision from management about how to get back in track. Our products are losing market share every day and management seems to be lime deer in headlights, unsure what to do - Watching stock price deflating nearly every day is disheartening - Decision making is very slow. Takes ages to get things approved. - C-suite is mostly over 50 and often seem out of touch with latest AI and tech trends. Uphill battle sometimes to get them to see urgent opportunities that need to be acted on immediately - Adobe failed to organically develop major products in the last 20 years. Major recent ones; Firefly and Express; have not been successful.

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