Synapse Product Development Reviews
Updated Jul 30, 2021
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- "Granted you're only working 40 hours a week so maybe on an hourly basis it's not so bad, but on an annual basis it's a big salary hit compared to working at a traditional tech company." (in 4 reviews)
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
4 weeks of PTO, good work life balance, positive atmosphere
Cons
Doesn’t pay quite as well as some of the bigger companies. Company seems a bit unorganized though.
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Free Wednesday lunches catered on-site. Employees drives their work, not managers (who have their own technical work as well). Much less politics. Work on high impact designs for/with high profile clients/companies without their internal politics. You are valued by your technical contributions.
Cons
Some demanding clients or projects can drain and burn you. Feels sometimes like a tech slave, less pay but lots of respect. Benefits are aligned with industry for the type and quality of work delivered, despite the respect received.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
Company really cares abouts its employees. Projects are very diverse and offer quite a bit of engineering and market diversity.
Cons
Struggling to find its place amongst a larger parent organization.
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Full of good people and great ideas, but it was better in the "old days"
RecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Exposure to lots of fascinating ideas, technologies, and projects. Lots of excellent people to collaborate with.
Cons
Business had it's ups and downs; massive growth, layoffs, and then an acquisition. Lots happened, and the culture shifts were huge. Maybe it's just nostalgia for the "good old days," but it feels like something that made Synapse special in the early days (pre 2012-ish) got lost along the way, and the memories of that time cast a large shadow. Social cliques, sometimes fun feels a bit "forced", institutionalized culture.
- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
Flexibility, different projects to work on
Cons
No sick leave separate from PTO
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Great people, great culture, commitment to diversity & inclusion, can-do attitude.
Cons
Business is struggling due to Covid. Partial integration with parent company.
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Great vacation package, wonderful colleagues
Cons
limited career development opportunity, lower salary than bay area in general, terrible health care package
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
Great company, great people! They really value their employees
Cons
None - they are a great company to work for!
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Community comes first. This is a tight knit, positive place to work. Management really listens and wants the company to be the best it can be. The projects are varied and provide a satisfying challenge.
Cons
None I can think of
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
This place really supports its people, helps them to grow their careers, and listens to them. I recently told my boss I had outgrown my current role and explained what I'd like to change. My boss and HR are now both working with me to look at options and make a timeline for changes. Last year, a group of employees requested that the company create a parental leave policy, beyond the federal policy. The leadership listened and responded by enacting a policy that gives primary caregivers 3 months of fully paid leave and secondary caregivers (often dads) 4 weeks of fully paid leave. This is a much more generous policy than my friends at other firms have! Synapse in general is quite family-friendly. The summer 2014 posters who complained about lack of vision should've waited a month- we are now taking part in a company-wide effort to define strategic goals. Unlike the usual top-down decree, the leadership team here is using an inclusive process that draws on feedback from all employees. It is really exciting to work at a place where each of us are empowered to develop our careers and improve the whole company.
Cons
Some previous posts listed cons that were related to instability as we adjusted to sea changes from 2 of our biggest clients. Synapse is now well on it's way to recovery, has a more grounded leadership team, has developed a more diverse portfolio of clients, and is taking action to prevent making the same mistakes again. I'm glad, because it's a great place to work.
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Synapse Product Development has an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5, based on over 85 reviews left anonymously by employees. 96% of employees would recommend working at Synapse Product Development to a friend and 70% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.
96% of Synapse Product Development employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Synapse Product Development 4.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.9 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Synapse Product Development to be benefits, management, culture and the cons to be senior leadership, compensation, career development.
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