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?

67% 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 (188) , Staff Engineer (155) , Software Engineer (149) , 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 (43) , Manager (42) , 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 607 reviews)); "Good culture and good to start in the semiconductor industry." ((in 274 reviews)); "People are nice and friendly in general" ((in 257 reviews)); "Good work culture and ethics" ((in 213 reviews)); "Other benefits are good like 401k match and ESPP." ((in 188 reviews))

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

"Low salary and favouritism for promotion" ((in 257 reviews)); "Middle management (especially in the CAE side) is poor and stagnant." ((in 142 reviews)); "Managers do communicate at their level but do not communicate to their staff outside the requisite weekly staff meeting." ((in 83 reviews)); "1. Compensation is low and getting hike is difficult." ((in 69 reviews)); "frequent layoffs every year June and Dec" ((in 46 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

67% would recommend to a friend

(4,453 total reviews)

Sassine Ghazi

57% approve of CEO

62% 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 4,453 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

2.0

Dec 13, 2021

A Global leader in Software but just an average player in Sri Lanka.

Applications engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A stable & a globally recognized organization. Worlds 15th largest software company. Flexible working hours WFH

Cons

1- Your Experience might not count if you want to move to another company. 2- Company is not proactive enough to assess economic conditions and revise salaries like other IT companies in Sri Lanka. Synopsys Sri Lanka tries to hire the best quality graduates from top state universities but refuse to compensate them properly. 3- There is no talent retention policy. People move in and out of the company frequently. Word going around is that Synopsys is not a long term place to work in SL.

1.0

Sep 17, 2021

Not that great

Prototyping engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

very fast pace environment and growing

Cons

poor salary and poor management

1.0

May 11, 2021

Very low compensation and benefits

Senior verification engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great mentorship and product development by them which everyone uses. No 1 vendor in terms of IP/VIP/tool/infra/protocol development.

Cons

Very low compensation and benefits. Reading specification and adding some features is a boring job. Others have far more interesting ones .Pay is far below industry average.

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