How much time off you have available depends on your employment status:

• Exempt
• Non-Exempt
• Interns

Exempt employees

Flexible paid time off

All exempt Adobe employees, who work at least 24 hours a week, are provided with flexible paid time off. This plan does not prescribe a specific number of vacation days. This flexibility allows you to balance work and personal life effectively, subject to your manager’s approval and needs of business.

Here are steps to take before taking flexible paid time off

1. Plan: Consider how much time you want to take off and think about both personal and business needs.
2. Get approval: Seek approval from your manager at least two weeks in advance. They will evaluate your request based on business needs, work performance, amount of time you have taken previously, etc.  It is important to note that your manager may potentially deny your request or approve the time off for a different period, based on their assessment of the criteria.
3. Input the time in Workday. Once the time off is approved, you are encouraged to input the time in Workday to give your manager greater visibility for planning purposes.

Sick time off

In addition, all regular exempt employees, regardless of how many hours they work, accrue sick time and can use it for a variety of purposes related to their own care and the care of family.

Further details can be found in the exempt time off policy [PDF].

Non-exempt employees

All non-exempt employees accrue two days of Personal Time Off (PTO) each month for their first five years of service (PTO is prorated for part-time employees). After five years, you’ll begin to accrue more. You can use this PTO for vacation, sick time, personal business, or floating holidays. You are also required to use your PTO during the July and December company break periods. Please ensure that you enter your PTO days into Workday.

Further details can be found in the non-exempt time off policy [PDF].

Interns

As an intern, you accrue sick time. If a holiday falls on your normally scheduled workday, you’ll get paid for working that day. Time off and company breaks that are not holidays are unpaid. For more information, refer to the time off program for US interns [PDF].

Adobe takes two company-wide breaks each year, for a summer and winter holiday. The dates of these periods change each year. For 2025, they are June 30–July 4 and December 24–31. Exempt employees who work 24 hours or more per week will be paid their base salary during these times; nonexempt employees must use PTO. If you're unable to take time off during these breaks for business reasons, work with your manager to arrange an alternative break period.

Employees working at least 24 hours per week will be paid for Company-designated holidays. Interns get paid for holidays if the holiday falls on their normally scheduled workday.

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.

Hear how one Adobe employee took advantage of the opportunity to unplug his devices and recharge himself.