Cadence Design Reviews

Pros

Challenging Work, Flexibility btw work and personal life

Cons

sometimes it is stressful and pressure too

Pros

medium sized company with medium sized expectations of itself

Cons

different parts of the organization dont know what other parts are doing

Pros

a stable company of reasonable size, benefit is also reasonable. It's a area requires special expertises so less people qualifies. It's not easy to get qualified people.

Cons

internal politics are heavy. middle level managers are not that good. And senior management knows nothing technical. There is no technical innovation possible.

Advice to Senior Management

Management should focus more on technologies, not politics for their own goods. Competition is heavy in this area and requires constant innovation.

Pros

I cannot really find the good reasons to work at Cadence. If you dont find anything else then Cadence is the best option

Cons

Less Salary, Working over the weekends and at nite is a normal affair. Manager doesnot know what is going on.

Advice to Senior Management

Dont make frequent organizational changes. Dont announce customer before they sign-up to use the tools. Re-instate ESPP in its full effect.

Pros

Awesome place, Innovative, Friendly people

Cons

Politics at exec levels are not appreciated

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work!

Pros

Cadence has good people working for the company across the globe, benefits are very good and employees want to move forward to doing great things in the EDA world and beyond if given the opportunity.

Cons

Transparency is not always high on the list of values held by management which can be frustrating.

Advice to Senior Management

Cadence is on a good track but more changes in upper management may be needed to transition to being really successful.

Pros

Great people at individual contributor level

Cons

Perceptions take precedence over facts and reality, especially in terms of dealings with mid to senior level management. Managing to a "curve" became a means to RIF or reorganize in the wrong places at the wrong times, or just plain needlessly.

Advice to Senior Management

Company has seen a lot of churn at all levels and with product strategy for several years. Although the current CEO seems committed to fix this, build incentives for mid to senior management to drive innovation and value addition without the fear of failure.

Pros

Exposure to new EDA technologies

Cons

Better communication between the business units to drive a cohesive strategy

Pros

Safe work environment.
Corporate culture in-line with other equivalent corporates.
Benefits and pay in-line with other equivalent corporates.
Fairly flexible work hours.
Fairly challenging work to keep you engaged.

Cons

One way management just like any other capitalist US corporate - facade of ethical guidelines but, primary goal of making money, even at the expense of hardworking employees' benefits.

Advice to Senior Management

Bring moral guidelines in the purview of policy making.
Make customers higher priority than share-holders.
Keep flatter management structure and give due importance to employees' lives.

Pros

Cadence has very talented people and many of the teams work well together; It just depends on the manager you get. The Be One campaign is great and is moving the company in the right direction. They have fair pay and benefits.

Cons

Too many shutdowns and constant RIF's have caused low moral. I believe there are still several leaders in the company that manage by fear and have their own agenda instead of doing what is in the best interest of the business. Too many jobs going to India and China.

Advice to Senior Management

Communicate openly and honestly to employees.