A company in decline - werkgeversreview Product Manager bij Adobe

2,0
30 jul 2025
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Good benefits, flexible schedules, relatively low pressure compared to other tech companies

Minpunten

My experience at Adobe has been mostly terrible. Managers who are not trained to manage people (no real feedback, no delegation...the basics). Some "directors" only have 2 or 3 direct reports...so there are just too many of them! A matrixed environment that works against getting anything done in any timely fashion (sometimes the bureaucracy rivals the Soviet Kremlin). A weak product organization that is actually run by engineers. The company is mostly remote so business is conducted on a very performative Slack environment. Everyone fights to be "visible" so they will get promoted, and there is every incentive to get one's own feature ideas prioritized so that you will get promoted instead of thinking of what's best for the customer. They love to brag about "innovation" awards but the reality is that the company is terrible at creating 0-1 products (all the famous products were acquisitions) for the above reasons. Job applicants beware: Their recruiters often post fake roles on LinkedIn even if they have someone internal selected for the job already. They also keep reposting even if they have no intention of looking at any new candidates. They love wasting everyone's time! The declining stock price says it all: this company is not in a position to win against rising competition. They only play not to lose, which is not a good strategy.

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5,0
3 jul 2026
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Great company, great culture and supportive people.

Minpunten

Products are great but AI wave is hitting the company hard

4,0
16 jun 2026
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Pluspunten

* 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.

Minpunten

* 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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