Synopsys reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(4,467 total reviews)
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Sassine Ghazi

55% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Synopsys has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,467 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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3.0
Sep 30, 2013

Stable, but stagnant. Weak middle-level management.

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Pros

Stability is the greatest strength of the company Nice work environment in terms of peers and relationship between peers Allows for a work-life balance Good higher-level management Learning opportunities

Cons

Very(!) poor performance evaluations system - yearly review results strongly depend on your relationship with your direct manager and seniority (and not actual performance, input, job excellence, types of tasks and job done). (=>) Limited opportunities for growth. A big part of this is due to weak middle-level management, seeking for "yes-people" (vs innovators), using old-style bureaucratic means (vs motivation tools). To sum up: If you are seeking for a stable environment, where you will have time to learn and grow, without expecting much from it - it's an OK place for you. If you have many years' experience and are a highly competitive, innovative high-performer - your enthusiasm might be unappreciated and destroyed- find a better place.

4.0
Jan 8, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are pretty good, though they are now in downward trend for last few years. You get to work on real high-tech and challening stuff and get to see technology trends and ideas which will be in consumer hands few years from now. Company focused on stock price growth, let's see how it works out.

Cons

Company is becoming very miserly and stingy. 1% raises (after 3 years of freeze) on the year where we beat our goals and revenue targets handsomely shows where the focus is (yeah,, top guys get the cream). 25 years celeberation: a few glasses of wine, cheap party-hats and glasses from orientaltradingcompany.com ! Very top-heavy.

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