Adobe & Amazon

Adobe
tapirnest

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tapirnest
Dec 5, 2017 24 Comments

Only those that have worked at both Adobe and Amazon please.. care to share any insights, regrets, pros cons ? I'm trying to get a realistic idea of work life balance, career opportunities, salary, benefits, culture etc thanks !

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  • Adobe / Eng
    uUyR05

    Go to company page Adobe Eng

    PRE
    Amazon
    uUyR05
    Ex Amazon here.

    I have a life now.

    /mic drop
    Dec 5, 2017 4
    • Adobe / Eng
      Abode

      Go to company page Adobe Eng

      PRE
      Amazon
      Abode
      I joined Amazon later in my career & didn’t need a long stint from a marquee brand to help my career, so when I realized that I’d never have a normal life schedule at Amazon, I bailed. Paid back my incentives (pro-rated) and returned the (actual) pager I was assigned (not a shared pager; a permanent one).

      Love the tech and the people but not the workaholic culture. It was probably more about me than management, but management didn’t help.

      Bonus: after joining Adobe I got to actually *use* AWS full-time. Holy moly...better than making it :).

      Kudos to those who find a way to make it work at Amazon. Seriously.
      Dec 6, 2017
    • Amazon / Design
      Dangalf

      Go to company page Amazon Design

      Dangalf
      Yeah I am almost at 2 years and have about had it. I’m trying to stay for my stocks to vest in the next 4 months. I’m trying to switch teams to see if that helps. It’s awful
      Nov 7, 2018
  • Amazon
    smh!

    Go to company page Amazon

    smh!
    Ex adobe here..
    Pros of amazon.
    Way more smarter people
    Work is super interesting depending on the team
    Amz stock and pay is better
    Less politics compared to my old team there
    Cons:
    Cannot coast or take it easy
    Work life balance is similar but slightly higher stress
    Less dumb ppl to bullshit your way to the top
    Bigger teams so have to work better and sometimes less visibility

    Overall the best decision of my life so far
    Dec 5, 2017 3
  • Amazon / Eng
    mirja

    Go to company page Amazon Eng

    PRE
    Flipkart, Microsoft
    BIO
    In a relationship with distributed computing
    mirja
    Ex Adobe here
    Amazon pros-
    Better work quality
    Flexibility in switching teams

    Cons
    No free food
    Don't get time for volley, tennis etc
    Adobe is awesome in terms of WLB.
    In Amazon You can get paged at 1am and may be expected to work overnight to fix sev1s
    Lot's of operational issues- this is team specific.
    Every 4-5 months team reorg happens and you will have lots of manager change
    Performance review system in Amazon is broken. Its very easy to get PIP here. You job in Adobe is secure. This is not the case with Amazon. One mistake and viola, your manager get data points to put you in coaching plan.
    Dec 5, 2017 2
  • Amazon
    thus

    Go to company page Amazon

    thus
    They both suck. Everybody uses Gimp instead of Photoshop
    Dec 6, 2017 1
  • Amazon
    gin123

    Go to company page Amazon

    gin123
    Could somebody also share what would be the matching level at Adobe for an L6 at amazon?

    This is urgent.
    Jun 23, 2019 7