Great company but too much politics - Anonymous employee Adobe Employee Review

3.0
16 Feb 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Excellent pay and benefits - Free snacks and drinks -Great people and sense of community -If you end up with a good manager then your experience will be extremely positive -Good learning opportunities

Cons

-Way too many reorgs and management changes. -A bad manager or manager chain can really erase your years and years of hard work and contributions. -They encourage you to be transparent but later on use these things against you. -Way too much bias and favouritism where people close to the managers get preferential treatment and promotions and others are overlooked and their contributions made to look trivial. -Lots of silent and targeted layoffs. The longer your tenure the more at risk you are. -Difficult to grow beyond a certain level -Siloed processes and tools

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Cons

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