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 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Synopsys?

68% 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, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Synopsys?

Applications Engineer (190) , Staff Engineer (156) , Software Engineer (150) , R&D Engineer (138) , Intern (111) , Senior Software Engineer (101) , Senior R&D Engineer (77) , R&D Engineer II (62) , Senior Applications Engineer (59) , Technical Intern (55) , Engineer (46) , 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 617 reviews)); "Good culture and good to start in the semiconductor industry." ((in 289 reviews)); "People are nice and friendly in general" ((in 254 reviews)); "Good work culture and ethics" ((in 214 reviews)); "Other benefits are good like 401k match and ESPP." ((in 185 reviews))

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

"Low salary and favouritism for promotion" ((in 259 reviews)); "Middle management (especially in the CAE side) is poor and stagnant." ((in 145 reviews)); "1. Compensation is low and getting hike is difficult." ((in 66 reviews)); "They’re happy because they dumped stock before announcing a 10% layoff and made a good profit." ((in 44 reviews)); "Not enough benefits, Upper management is confused" ((in 19 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.

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Synopsys reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(4,463 total reviews)

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 4,463 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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Reviews by job title

4K reviews

3.0

Aug 30, 2023

Not bad

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Stocks plan is good benifit

Cons

Everything else is con, not up to industry standards

1.0

Jun 22, 2023

Synopsys layoffs

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The only pros was job security, however starting from 2023 Synopsys went against its own fundamental principles and started mass layoffs. I work in Armenia and some teams got 10% layoffs

Cons

Low salary, Software engineers without basic knowledge about binary search, Low transparency, Bad management

1.0

Apr 5, 2023

Work-life balance depends on team

Sr. software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and benefits like car buy program

Cons

Work life balance is not good in some team. You will feel like working in service based company

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