Cadence Design Systems Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Cadence Design Systems full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Great Distributed Global R&D. Very Smart Talented Engineers and AEs. Zero Politics, No Worries about Stepping over over-sized toes of purple Engineers.

Cons – Slightly Longer commutes if you are in mountain view or Palo Alto.
Not too many lunch meetings: No free food :-) (just kidding)
Macs are not fully integrated yet into IT systems (but getting there)

Advice to Senior Management – Subsidize the cafe food!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Cadence Design Systems

Pros – Awesome place, Innovative, Friendly people

Cons – Politics at exec levels are not appreciated

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Cadence Design Systems

Pros – - technically challenging work
- fun and flexible work environment
- great compensation
- competent direct management
- good reward systems

Cons – - financially not stable. as a consequence, when bad economy hit, employees were laid off
- management overhead is big given the fact that there are (I heard) over 100 VPs

Advice to Senior Management – - focus on the technology development
- value your employees as the most precious asset
- cut the management overhead
- be financially wise when do planning

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Cadence Design Systems

Pros – The people and culture is very positive and comfortable. Even with complex issues to solve, we all can laugh and feel community---very open and natural---supporting culture. Everyone is focused on getting the job done so there is a great level of trust when it comes to dealing with personal matters and time off. Incredibly smart and helpful engineers make for engaging work. Great place to work if it is to raise a family or somewhere where you can run with your career.

Cons – At the mercy of corporate management who make decisions on the service business while treating it like the software arm.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Cadence Design Systems full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good Work, Good Team, Good Salary

Cons – I don't find any bad things in 3 yr

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Cadence Design Systems full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great people to work with, amazing work, great work-life balance.

Cons – Compensation and Benefits are not similar across all employees. You can see vast difference among people in the same role.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Cadence Design Systems full-time for less than a year

Pros – Cadence in general is a fair company to work for. balanced work life is actually practiced and encouraged. Average salary ranges are good across functional levels.

Cons – Non-proactive people may feel left behind as hand -holding is not done. Politics play a major hand in some business units, which is discouraging to people who are not good in office politics.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep tab on office politics. Otherwise an excellent job!!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Cadence Design Systems full-time for more than a year

Pros – great work-life balance, descent salary

Cons – don't have much to tell.. pretty satisfied

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Cadence Design Systems full-time for more than a year

Pros – Nice culture. All people are friendly. Employees are always ready to help you. Free sports activities every Friday.
Good salary.
Causal work environment, free schedule my work task. not many meeting.
Very good communication around the world.

Cons – Food is not good.
Usually work overtime.
Far from the downtown.
Not many parking space.

Current Employee – been working at Cadence Design Systems full-time for more than a year

Pros – Work life balance is good.

Cons – There are no cons to work in this company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend