Great people, great workplace, interesting projects ( sometimes ). - User Experience Designer Adobe Employee Review

5.0
12 Feb 2015
Recommend
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Pros

It's a great workplace with a nice office, cool and smart people and interesting projects from time to time. The overall atmosphere is pretty laid back, giving you the opportunity to do things the right way most of the time. There's a huge team-building with the whole company, once a year, which is nice, and also occasional team buildings inside smaller teams when there's an occasion or need. The offices are spacious, facilities are top notch ( games rooms, massage chair, massage room with professional masseuse, lunch hall, etc. ), and the IT equipment is also the best ( latest Macs / Lenovos ). The review / feedback process helps you improve and advance in your career. HR services are top notch.

Cons

Some project may become boring, management could improve a bit.

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5.0
30 June 2026
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Pros

Nice mentors and supportive environment

Cons

Return offers depend on the headcount and could be difficult for research interns

4.0
16 June 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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