Is Synopsys a good company to work for?

Synopsys has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 5,143 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months. 67% of employees would recommend working at Synopsys to a friend and 59% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Synopsys have been left by employees working as Technical Intern , Software Engineer(Internship) and Intern .

Does Synopsys pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Synopsys employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Synopsys. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Synopsys?

67% of Synopsys employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Synopsys 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Synopsys?

Applications Engineer (191) , Staff Engineer (156) , Software Engineer (151) , R&D Engineer (139) , Intern (111) , Senior Software Engineer (104) , Senior R&D Engineer (78) , R&D Engineer II (62) , Senior Applications Engineer (59) , Technical Intern (55) , Engineer (47) , Senior R&D Engineer II (44) , Manager (43) , ASIC Digital Design Engineer (41) , Senior Staff Engineer (41)

What are the pros of working at Synopsys according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance but understaffing" ((in 613 reviews)); "Good culture and good to start in the semiconductor industry." ((in 288 reviews)); "People are nice and friendly in general" ((in 261 reviews)); "Good work culture and ethics" ((in 218 reviews)); "all good benefit enjoy！plz good" ((in 191 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Synopsys according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary and favouritism for promotion" ((in 270 reviews)); "Middle management (especially in the CAE side) is poor and stagnant." ((in 141 reviews)); "The ignorant and 'bad' managers still can screw up employees." ((in 85 reviews)); "1. Compensation is low and getting hike is difficult." ((in 68 reviews)); "regular layoffs almost every year in engineering" ((in 45 reviews))

What are employees saying about Synopsys layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Synopsys layoffs and their outlook for job security at Synopsys in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Synopsys locations?

Mountain View , Sunnyvale , Hillsboro , San Francisco , San Jose , Burlington , Boston , Austin , Marlborough , Bloomington , Portland , New York , Canonsburg , Durham , San Diego , Santa Clara , Pittsburgh , Herndon , Houston , Indianapolis , Irvine , Denver , Boxborough , Atlanta , Washington , Raleigh , Dallas , Los Angeles , Exton , Armenia

Synopsys reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(4,485 total reviews)

Sassine Ghazi

56% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

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Synopsys has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,485 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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4.0

Dec 11, 2014

Great company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Good work-life balance, great senior management with honest communication about vision, strategy and challenges

Cons

Incapable manager that slowed down innovation and doesn't care about customer

4.0

Dec 10, 2014

Good company to work with.

Senior staff r&d engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It has intelligent engineers to work with. Most of them are open and friendly. The compensation and bonus is competitive in the industry.

Cons

As software company, the compensation is not as high as other industry software companies, like Google and facebook. In EDA, it is good. Some groups has a little more political issues than the other.

4.0

Dec 1, 2014

I worked at Synopsys as an ASIC/logic design engineer (1998-2002)

Senior r&d engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

lots of smart co-workers; all the EDA tools,licenses, and computing power you could ever ask for; relaxed work environment; good salary and benefits; occasional employee parties/functions to keep people from getting burned out due to spending all of their days in their cubicles; access to free training on Synopsys tools.

Cons

long hours; company continually re-organized (at least back in those days); commutes were long due to silicon valley overcrowding.

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