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      Synopsys

      Engaged Employer

      Synopsys reviews

      3.8

      67% would recommend to a friend

      (4,457 total reviews)
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      Sassine Ghazi

      57% approve of CEO

      62% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Compensation and benefits

      3.3

      Senior management

      Synopsys has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,457 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Synopsys employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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      4K reviews
      3.0
      Oct 3, 2019

      Synopsys is a good relatively stable software company, but they discriminate against workers over 55

      Staff software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Synopsys has fewer and smaller layoffs than most companies. The top executives are mostly engineers and quite knowledgeable.

      Cons

      Synopsys lays off a large number of workers over 55. Since I have worked there over 3/4 of the people I know over 55 have either been laid off or encouraged to retire. If you are not at a director level when you reach 55, they don't want you. They also have too many reorganizations. Schedules are dictated top down, rather then written bottom up. Management has a tendency to overestimate the complexity of simple projects and underestimate the complexity of large projects.

      1.0
      May 11, 2018

      It's a mistake to join this company!

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Decent work/life balance. Caltrain pass for long commuters.

      Cons

      Legacy Technology. No team work. No respect for people from diverse culture. Manager is a control-freak, who wants absolute control over his product, and doesn't want anyone to mess up his perfect code and architecture. Assigns low priority tasks and insults eagerness to learn and grow in the company, as he is the final decision maker.

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      1.0
      Jan 17, 2018

      Poor pay, terrible work culture

      Engineering manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Its a full-time job with (poor) benefits

      Cons

      - Bonuses are set by manager which can result in extreme favoritism - Annual layoffs mean that employees are always stressed out - Found out after I left and found work elsewhere just how poorly I was being paid. With six months I had a 25%+ raise. And a significantly better bonus.

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