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Adobe, on the other hand, with its ~26k headcount is juggling an astonishing range of products and services it seems.
by marban 4y ago
Adobe, on the other hand, with its ~26k headcount is juggling an astonishing range of products and services it seems.
- oblio 4y agoAdobe's the most forgotten and ignored tech company that actually makes staple software products and services, I think. No matter how much people hate their price gouging :-)
- DrewADesign 4y agoSome call it price gouging and some call it a subscription to professional software that's constantly under significant development. Other professional tools in adjacent industries cost a LOT MORE. Nuke Studio, for example, costs 4k/quarter. Sure Adobe should focus more on old usability issues in lieu of new features and many of their programs have such broad userbases that they couldn't possibly focus equally on everything their users want them to focus on, but when it comes down to it, people are mad because it's something they want, but not enough to pay for. Looking at their uservoice forums for 5 minutes dispenses with the notion that they're just giving these apps the bare minimum amount of work and using them as cash cows. There are cheaper or FOSS alternatives that suit most non-professional's needs but if you want Adobe's professional tools and have those tools keep up with our ever changing technical landscape, that costs money. I professionally use Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premier Pro, After Effects, Audition, Acrobat, Lightroom Classic and XD, so the CC subscription is an absolute bargain.
- marban 4y agoWill get better when Scott Belsky takes over.
- Meph504 4y agoWell Adobe has also done a lot of acquisition and (many of them they then failed to maintain those products, until a slow death. what they did to Macromedia still hurts.) let us not forget they purchased photoshop and most of what is there PDF software today came from the acquisitions of several companies.
- tayo42 4y agoThat's funny I never thought about that. Is their pay low?
- oblio 4y agoNot super low. They're just not cool nor super big.
- FractalHQ 4y agoAdobe software is user hostile, bug infested spyware perched atop mountains of tech debt.
- mechanical_bear 4y agoStill chugging along on CS6….
- whywhywhydude 4y agoThey probably have thousands of contractors who are conveniently left out of the headcount.
- markoman 4y agoIt also has to be considered that Adobe has a large number of developer contractors that aren't included in the employee headcount, yes?