Don't be a full-time contractor. - Content Writer Adobe Employee Review

2.0
1 Jan 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Can be fully remote, has unlimited PTO, is respectful of work-life balance, and has opportunities to advance in work.

Cons

As a contractor, any time off is UNPAID, including holidays and wellness days. You also don't get any benefits such as stock, Adobe swag discounts, Adobe CC subscription discounts, and need to pay for gym membership. Additionally, you're expected to show up for team bonding events but travel and other expenses aren't covered. I also was unlucky with management: current manager is extremely micro-managey, and dangled the opportunity for full-time conversion as if it was a carrot in my face. They also used it to push me to work harder, beyond what the original role responsibilities were. I did content writing, took on content strategy, and was not given a pay raise after two years of working with them. Additionally, everyone else in upper-management is extremely entitled. We're talking about taking unlimited PTO multiple times a month, taking forever to respond to Slack messages, especially when their approval is needed for any content publishing. Sometimes, they don't even respond. When escalated, you're given backlash in a millennial attitude.

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Cons

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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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