Adobe provides paid time off (PTO) so you can relax and recharge or attend to personal needs. Please make arrangements with your manager before taking time off.
Annual leave
You are entitled to annual leave, combined with both statutory leave and company leave, based on how long you’ve been with Adobe. In addition, you are eligible for paid holidays and breaks, regardless of your length of service.
Taking annual leave
You can take annual leave in increments of a half day or a full day.
Please make arrangements with your manager, and then submit your request through Workday before taking time off.
Carry over: You can carry over up to 15 days of unused annual leave days from one calendar year to the next. Statutory leave can be carried over for one year only. Unused leave will be carried over to the next year as follows:
- Statutory leave earned in the current year
- Company leave earned in the previous and current year
Borrow leave: You can borrow up to 5 days of future Company leave.
Leave caps: The maximum accrual of leave is capped at 30 days. Any unused annual leave in excess of 15 days will be forfeited on January 1.
How many days of annual leave are you entitled to?
Annual leave is accrued on a monthly basis. As a full-time employee, you accrue 15 days of paid annual leave each year for your first three years, then increasing by one day each year on each anniversary, up to a maximum of 22 days. The annual leave accrual will be capped at 30 days per year.
For new hires who join midyear, the annual leave amount will be prorated based on the number of months remaining in the year.
Refer to the table below for annual leave details.
Annual leave entitlement (per years of service at Adobe)
Less than 3
Less than 3
You have 15 days of annual leave entitlement per year.
| Total social working years | Statutory leave | Company leave = annual leave - statutory leave |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 1 or non-PRC | 0 | 15 |
| 1 but less than 10 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 but less than 20 | 10 | 5 |
| 20 or more | 15 | 0 |
3
3
You have 16 days of annual leave entitlement per year.
| Total social working years | Statutory leave | Company leave = annual leave - statutory leave |
|---|---|---|
| Non-PRC | 0 | 16 |
| 1 but less than 10 | 5 | 11 |
| 10 but less than 20 | 10 | 6 |
| 20 or more | 15 | 1 |
4
4
You have 17 days of annual leave entitlement per year.
| Total social working years | Statutory leave | Company leave = annual leave - statutory leave |
|---|---|---|
| Non-PRC | 0 | 17 |
| 1 but less than 10 | 5 | 12 |
| 10 but less than 20 | 10 | 7 |
| 20 or more | 15 | 2 |
5
5
You have 18 days of annual leave entitlement per year.
| Total social working years | Statutory leave | Company leave = annual leave - statutory leave |
|---|---|---|
| Non-PRC | 0 | 18 |
| 1 but less than 10 | 5 | 13 |
| 10 but less than 20 | 10 | 8 |
| 20 or more | 15 | 3 |
6
6
You have 19 days of annual leave entitlement per year.
| Total social working years | Statutory leave | Company leave = annual leave - statutory leave |
|---|---|---|
| Non-PRC | 0 | 19 |
| 1 but less than 10 | 5 | 14 |
| 10 but less than 20 | 10 | 9 |
| 20 or more | 15 | 4 |
7
7
You have 20 days of annual leave entitlement per year.
| Total social working years | Statutory leave | Company leave = annual leave - statutory leave |
|---|---|---|
| Non-PRC | 0 | 20 |
| 1 but less than 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 10 but less than 20 | 10 | 10 |
| 20 or more | 15 | 5 |
8
8
You have 21 days of annual leave entitlement per year.
| Total social working years | Statutory leave | Company leave = annual leave - statutory leave |
|---|---|---|
| Non-PRC | 0 | 21 |
| 1 but less than 10 | 5 | 16 |
| 10 but less than 20 | 10 | 11 |
| 20 or more | 15 | 6 |
9 or more
9 or more
You have 22 days of annual leave entitlement per year.
| Total social working years | Statutory leave | Company leave = annual leave - statutory leave |
|---|---|---|
| Non-PRC | 0 | 22 |
| 1 but less than 10 | 5 | 17 |
| 10 but less than 20 | 10 | 12 |
| 20 or more | 15 | 7 |
2024 paid holiday and break schedule
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| February 12 | Lunar Chinese New Year |
| February 13 | Lunar Chinese New Year |
| February 14 | Lunar Chinese New Year |
| February 15 | Lunar Chinese New Year (in exchange for February 4 being a workday) |
| February 16 | Lunar Chinese New Year (in exchange for February 18 being a workday) |
| March 8 | Women’s Day (half day; female employees only) |
| April 4 | Qingming Festival |
| May 1 | Labour Day |
| May 2 | Labour Day (in exchange for April 28 being a workday) |
| May 3 | Labour Day (in exchange for May 11 being a workday) |
| June 10 | Dragon Boat Festival |
| September 16 | Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (in exchange for Sept 14 being a workday) |
| September 17 | Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival |
| October 1 | Chinese National Day |
| October 2 | Chinese National Day |
| October 3 | National Day |
| October 4 | National Day (in exchange for September 29 being a workday) |
| October 7 | National Day (in exchange for Saturday October 12 being a workday) |
| January 1, 2025* | New Year’s Day 2025 |
* Falls under the 2025 calendar-year holidays.
2025 paid holiday and break schedule
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| January 1 | New Year’s Day |
| January 28 | Lunar Chinese New Year |
| January 29 | Lunar Chinese New Year |
| January 30 | Lunar Chinese New Year |
| January 31 | Lunar Chinese New Year |
| February 3 | Lunar Chinese New Year (in exchange for January 26 being a workday) |
| February 4 | Lunar Chinese New Year (in exchange for February 8 being a workday) |
| March 8 | Women’s Day (half day; female employees only) |
| April 4 | Qingming Festival |
| May 1 | Labour Day |
| May 2 | Labour Day |
| May 5 | Labour Day (in exchange for April 27 being a workday) |
| June 2 | Dragon Boat Festival |
| October 1 | National Day |
| October 2 | National Day |
| October 3 | National Day |
| October 6 | Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival |
| October 7 | Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (in exchange for September 28 being a workday) |
| October 8 | Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (in exchange for October 11 being a workday) |
| January 1, 2026* | New Year’s Day 2026 |
* Falls under the 2026 calendar-year holidays.
Global wellbeing days
We hope you use this time for taking a break, giving back, thinking creatively, or whatever else you may need to do to take care of yourself.
2025
Monday, March 24
Friday, May 2
Friday, July 4
Friday, September 26
If it’s not possible for you to take these days off due to business-critical obligations, please work with your manager to schedule your time off on another day. If the global wellbeing day falls on a public holiday, we do not offer an alternative day off in lieu.
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Contacts and resources
Employee Resource Center
Submit a request via the Support Center.