Synopsys reviews

3.8

67% would recommend to a friend

(4,448 total reviews)
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Sassine Ghazi

57% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Synopsys has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,448 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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1.0
Aug 13, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

"Unlimited" PTO* They are family friendly - if you want to see your kid's dance recital at 2pm you're 90% likely to be able to do it. The thing is I don't know a single Software Engineer in Silicon Valley who cannot do that, and I know quite a few.

Cons

*1. They very well might not let you take any of that PTO. That's what happened to me. At least I used to get a check for unused. 2. Subpar pay; you'll need to quit to get paid what you are worth. This gets worse year after year. My team had one promotion (and that includes little ones from Senior Software Engineer I to Senior Software Engineer II) every 40 man-years. That is not an exaggeration. 3. Employees that aren't at Mountain View are clearly happier. Don't hire on at Mountain View. 4. It is a boring stodgy "Enterprise" company. It will be difficult to build your skills in new technologies. Internal training is painfully useless.

1.0
Aug 7, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. The first hand on the latest tech node happens here. 2. A handful of senior folks are very supportive mentors. 3. Flows are easier to understand and operate. 4. A good company for freshers, ONLY.

Cons

1. Biased top-level management which won't care for you AT ALL if they don't like you. 2. Seniors pay no heed to your issues so you are on your own. 3. Neglectful Managers incite fear by threatening to terminate your tenure, even during unprecedented times like COVID. 4. All this with NO grievance redressal mechanism so please keep your issues to yourself. Please forget about the HR department as they are either super busy or super ignorant to take up employee issues. 5. Smaller teams have lower budgets hence suffering huge monetary losses and long awaiting promotions, still, managers play their favorite Rabbit-Carrot game during every hike cycle.

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