Pros: Generally a pleasant atmosphere and nice people. Reasonably powerful equipment takes some of the tedium out of development. Overall, the company has a good vibe, and I found it enjoyable 80% of the time. Plenty of latitude to do your own thing and own your space.

Cons: Plenty of latitude is mostly due to management apathy and inaction. The horrendous aging codebase shows signs of prolonged hacking and neglect. Senior researchers tend to throw their weight around and outright blockade development they don't agree with. Most other staff are frantically bug-fixing for the researchers, who avoid code reviews entirely. Your career can easily be stifled falling into the servitude of research staff with endless menial maintenance. This process leads to a revolving door of staff with heavy attrition. Try here. If you get lucky, you can get something done, but if you experience misconduct, then prepare yourself to exit promptly. Expect no help.

Pros: Great people. Good opportunities if you act on them. Interesting projects & technology.

Cons: Corporate politics reign at Adobe. Given its size and history, there is a lot of bad blood between different groups. This leads to different divisions creating similar technologies, instead of investing in a single best-of-breed technology. Don't take this to mean that the company is on the decline; I just believe that it can be so much better.

Pros: Great benefits, well-being days

Cons: Managers are non-technical, which hurts in some way.