Great culture, limited growth - Appreciations Engineer II Synopsys Employee Review

4.0
Feb 20, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Market rate pay Highly technical colleagues and management Interesting technical challenges in Applications Engineering Great work-life balance Reasonably flexible working hours Improved attempts to boost employee morale with events

Cons

Limited everyday perks for a Silicon Valley software company Limited growth, mainly as an individual contributor Entrenched, older management Lack of rotation program Lack of pay transparency - It's an outdated attitude. Lack of gender diversity Unequal parental leave - Denying equal parental leave to men hurts new fathers and hurts women who are disproportionately burdened with child care. In the same vein.. Lack of child care center, even in HQ. Work can be monotonous if you are not highly driven by technical topics. Not the company's fault. Such is the EDA industry.

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5.0
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Pros

Excellent pay & benefits, challenging work and positive atmosphere.

Cons

Very large and sluggish bureaucracy.

1.0
Jun 26, 2026
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Pros

If you want a CEO that specializes is tanking the stock firing engineers, getting the company hijacked by private equity, and cheating employees out of their bonuses using magic company performance math, this is the company for you.

Cons

The company’s greatest “pros” are also its greatest “cons”

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