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      Synopsys

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      Synopsys reviews

      3.8

      68% would recommend to a friend

      (4,460 total reviews)
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      Sassine Ghazi

      57% approve of CEO

      61% 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 4,460 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
      4.0
      Jul 20, 2014

      nice place to work

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Smart people to work with; edge-cutting tech; awesome location; enjoyable all-hands; get encouraged from management all the time;

      Cons

      hard to get promoted in title and salary

      1.0
      Sep 17, 2013

      Peformance evaluations/reviews/appraisals in Synopsys, a BIG BOGUS

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -A reasonably stable company -Allows working remotely and flex time -If you are titled "CAE" and you dont perform, be rest assured that you wont be fired. If you are titled "CAE" and are among the performers, be rest assured you will not be rewarded in anyway. All CAEs in Synopsys are put into one big bucket when it comes to performance evaluation

      Cons

      -Peformance evaluations/reviews/appraisals in Synopsys are a BIG BOGUS -opportunities for professional growth and career advancement are extremely extremely limited -There are plenty of folks in our CAE groups who clearly have no work charter, they just come to work browse, chat and go home and the management is perfectly fine with that. -Managerment is clearly looking for yes men. -Sadly, dissenting opinions and people are squashed. Join this company ONLY if you pledge to always agree with your manager -Poor paymaster

      1.0
      Aug 20, 2008

      Cash strapped company with no growth potential

      Senior staff r&d engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great individuals, great minds especially among the old timers. A great place to learn about cutting edge chip technology.

      Cons

      Cash strapped company, cost cutting mentality especially the past 5 years No growth industry translates into no growth company, with two concequences: 1/ no or very few career opportunities, no or very few salary raises and stock 2/ the company is not growing, if you want to move your career ahead you have to be willing to go after your peers (no room for promotion unless somebody leaves). Unfortunately this creates a lot of unproductive tension inside the company - I've seen managers sabotaging projects to push their adversary out. If you strive in such an environment, you'll get your promotion ! If not .... you'll be miserable. On the technical side, don't expect to learn and use cutting edge software development technologies. You'll be working on a legacy code (>20yrs) with old and heavy processes and a software development culture that is innovation adverse.

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