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 597 reviews)); "Good culture and good to start in the semiconductor industry." ((in 275 reviews)); "People are nice and friendly in general" ((in 255 reviews)); "Good work culture and ethics" ((in 218 reviews)); "Other benefits are good like 401k match and ESPP." ((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 145 reviews)); "1. Compensation is low and getting hike is difficult." ((in 67 reviews)); "frequent layoffs every year June and Dec" ((in 42 reviews)); "5. Upper management burying their heads in the sand; more focused on themselves" ((in 18 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

1.0

Mar 21, 2021

Look Elsewhere...

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Get experience with software tools that are valuable in job market.

Cons

Political Environment. Constant Layoffs. Poor Morale.

3.0

Feb 2, 2021

Slow promotion

Analog designer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Easy to get a job

Cons

Below market compensation, sometimes slow to get promoted

1.0

Dec 23, 2020

Synopsys India EDA developer review

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Reasonably stable company and good place to join if you already have become a manager. Support staff like HR etc are very knowledgeable and helpful especially people like Anshuman Roy.

Cons

1. Main work is maintainance or implementation. 2. New ideas are never coming out of India 3. The number of patents from India is very poor 4. Knowledge of people about how a software should must and could be designed in 21 century is limited. There is a strong difference between building software and writing lines and lines of code with several switches and bugs. 5. The area requires people to understand electrical engineering and convert it into software. Unfortunately there arent any people in India who are excellent in both the aspect and can provide technical leadership. 6. Hence good people should avoid joining this company in India.

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