Atrenta Reviews

Pros

Great technology, environment and management support for new initiatives. The friendly environment enables you to focus on work and not get hassled in unnecessary politics etc

Cons

Its more to do with EDA domain rather than the company as the growth is muted because the EDA market as a whole is not growing.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work. At the same time, look for avenues to grow more .. better if its able to create a new segment

Pros

Work-Life Balance and Flexi timings

Cons

informal atmosphere (but that cud be a pro to many)

Advice to Senior Management

I wish all the very best to Atrenta!!

Pros

The company was able to reinvent the linting market and defined new possibilities by extending the linting technology. The company was able to get users switch because of mainly waivers, and ability to select rules for linting which allowed expansion to other aspects of linting such as DFT, Constraints Clocks, etc. Company's new technologies have not gone anywhere since initial linter...
Initial linting capability stuck with market since the linting technology had not been updated for many years and no EDA company saw value in investing in the space. The company started as a services company and continues to operate as such

Cons

The company has no idea what it's doing. The company is trying to be jack of all trades in front and back end, while still trying to say it is a architecture company and trying to maintain its linter and its flavors. It is good at presentations, however the products significantly lag the canned demos and hype. The company has essentially failed to invent anything new since they took off with their linting.
Company's strategy to extend linting was somewhat successful, however the company needs to realize limitations of technology and stop making outrageous claims about their technology and get past slideware. Technical and sales staff are grossly misinformed and lack knowledge about their customers.

Advice to Senior Management

Management need to stop the hype and realize their place. Sales team has a Cadence mentality and that is what's driving the company to the ground. The company is following magma's path when the stock prices took a nose dive following its IPO. Atrenta still a private company and has already burned through a boat load of cash for low millions income.

Pros

Good Learning Opportunities, Good Challenging Work , Fine Culture

Cons

Small Office Size, Lack of Infrastructure, Lack in certain benefits

Advice to Senior Management

Move to a new office, Better Salaries, Benefits should be more

Pros

work is quite good and challenging and team is closly knit

Cons

low salary and no defined career growth path

Advice to Senior Management

have tech and managerial roles divided and clear

Pros

What I liked most about Atrenta is that its management is very supportive. If you are an above average performer, you get all opportunities that you want to grow your career.

Cons

Atrenta lacks behind to its competitors on compensation . Management takes decisions that are though good for the company but harsh for employees given that competitors are offering better salary packages for similar job profiles.

Advice to Senior Management

First, improve salary packages for the employees. Second, move the Noida office to a new building. Third, try IPO as soon as possible.

Pros

relaxed atmosphere to work is good.

Cons

no transparency in review
AC dont work

Advice to Senior Management

look at the market

Pros

Still operates as startup and so you get a chance to work in lot of functional areas

Cons

too much management hierarchy, signficant mgmt overhead when you compare ratio of employees to managers, lot of partiality in promotions and recognition. Too many inexperienced managers ;

Advice to Senior Management

reduce the mgmt overhead and follow industry guidelines; you dont have to promote 5yrs exp to mgr; they cannot guide and mentor the team..no need to act big like 5th largest ; have to show that in revenue and direction. Proper lack of vision is also hurting ; it wasnt like this before...ajoy needs to take charge and bring atrenta back to its good old days...

Pros

Atrenta is still a startup. Hence, there is chance to stand out from the crowd. Plus, you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you are developing something that is useful to semiconductor engineers.

Cons

In recent years the firm has become risk averse. It seems that the management has to show yearly revenue increases to investors. Which means that the work environment now prefers individuals who will tow the line and not rock the boat. If you believe in "if it ain't broken, don't fix it" dictum, then you would fit in in Atrenta. If not, then Atrenta of today could be a bit frustrating. It really is a pity because Atrenta wasn't always like this.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop being so risk-averse and stop incorporating big company processes. Atrenta is a startup and startups need to take risks. If you want to stand on your own as a product company, then at some point of time you will have to say no to the first eager customer that comes your way. Have some conviction in your original conviction of "predictive analysis". It was a great place to go to. What is not is developing custom tools for big clients.