I have 2 offers: Adobe and Qualtrics. Roles are the same, comp is nearly equal ($5k difference) so I am treating it as equal. I value WLB, culure, and benefits as top priorities. EDIT: I am in Operations. 6 YOE. TC: $187 UPDATE: I chose Adobe
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Just curious, did you get laid off from WeWork?
Yes
Hope everything is ok since the lay-off.
Just saw a post comparing Qualtrics and Amazon. Go to ADOBE. Run from Qualtrics. Corroborated by one of the Qualtrics employees themselves.
Thanks! What specific reasons?
Qualtrics - âSubpar eng culture and dev toolsâ Microsoft - âQualtrics is shit. Strongly recommend against it. Amazon is the obvious answer not only for the clout but also Iâve met people at qualtrics and theyâre fucking weird. Itâs a stupid shit product tooâ Amazon - âI once went on a date a girl from Qualtrics... She had extreme BO and drank very excessively at a relatively upscale and subtle dinner. By the end of it, she was ranting about Israel and we had to leave the Italian restaurant early into the meal. Do all Qualtrics employees act this? I have no reason to believe otherwise, AmazonEngâ
I joined qualtrics recently and there dev tools are really bad and there WLB also doesnât seem good
Not sure from which part of Amazon you came, but Q wlb is comparably better. Dev tools and eng I agree.
Wlb is good but it's true eng and product are very subpar
What level has Qualtrics offered? Q has specific time lines for promotion for specific levels and they almost never make exceptions. Many people wait years for promo despite being ready.
Qualtrics if you want room to grow and innovate. Adobe is stifled, slow, and bureaucratic. WLB for Qualtrics in Seattle is better than Adobe. Adobe is also set up for a lay off. Wouldnât go. Also, gotta say if - if youâre six years in, youâll have a good chance to drive impact at Qualtrics and bring some scalable change to the process itâs needed and wanted.
WLB at Qualtrics is crazy good. Eng floor is Provo is practically empty by 5, and the Slack (used by Provo and Seattle) is dead well before 5 in Seattle every day
Congrats on the two offers! WLB and benefits are pretty great at Adobe. It is extremely slow and bureaucratic though. Nothing gets done quickly. Lots of meetings and PowerPoints. I have a couple of friends that moved to Qualtrics from Adobe in the past year and, so far, they seem to like it more. I think both companies would be able to deliver the factors that you mentioned. Iâm assuming that you got to meet members of both teams during your interviews. I would go with the team that youâd rather work with if all other factors are roughly equal.
I feel like there is more chance for impact at Qualtrics. Maybe âboringâ but there are challenging problems - one of which may be their âdo whateverâ engineering culture. Adobe is so mature at this point and they make about 10 failed apps for every XD (Edge, Edge reflow, most of their iOS Apps, etc) But maybe there are innovations to be had in the CC subscription payment flow? đ (And XD was a late response to Sketch which has been instantly been overtaken in a year or two by Figma!)
YOE?
Updated in description: 6 YOE
You mind sharing the number for the offers? Assuming 187k is your current TC.