Synopsys reviews

Very competitive business means short term projects with aggressive schedules to meet customer needs. Always a get it done focus can mean sloppy work. Tough company for emerging technologies, must have key account driving technology in order to maintain investment > 2 years. Upper layers of management are impenetrable The center of the universe is in Mtn. View High pressure, long hours Yearly layoffs keep the workforce mostly young

Management is not technical, and hence is incapable of properly planning or managing projects which require thorough technical knowledge and experience. This means that the people who actually know what they're doing often have to work around the clock to make up for repeated poor management decisions. Because management is technically incompetent, they are unable to know how to pick resources, so they rely upon friendships and references in deciding who to hire. This has lead to brining in people who are an unholy mixture of megalomania and brain numbing incompetence. You will be permanently short staffed and will be outnumbered by contractors who have no interest in Synopsys' long term viability--they're just there to make a buck. That worklife balance that Synopsys is known for is nonexistent in SG, as you'll spend 100% of your time doing your job, and the other 100% of your life making up for contractor's screw ups. One part of SG can't work well with the others. Parts that cannot function standalone think they can do the job better than other parts despite having gaping holes in experience and technical knowledge, and not really caring when these are brought to his/her attention by management. Groups are cliquey, based on past affiliations in failed companies. So you will have to pick sides, that never will agree.