Synopsys Reviews
80% would recommend to a friend
(3194 total reviews)
Dr. Aart J. de Geus
94% approve of CEO
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- "Managers do communicate at their level but do not communicate to their staff outside the requisite weekly staff meeting." (in 65 reviews)
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Updated Dec 4, 2023
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- 5.0Dec 4, 2023Senior ConsultantCurrent Employee
Pros
The people are great. The benefits are wonderful
Cons
The company is designed to work around dev, which can cause issues for non-dev positions.
- 4.0Dec 1, 2023Manager, Program ManagementCurrent Employee, more than 3 yearsMountain View, CA
Pros
Great compensation/benefits PTO/Leave Generous - when the company does well - that is shared with employees via stock and/or bonuses My department leadership Voice is heard and respected - innovation encouraged global company - very diverse and rich in culture
Cons
Very silo'd - sometimes hard to collaborate or even know 'who' to collaborate with Slow to change Leadership 'enforcement' of policy (worry they'll upset a tenured team member who is an SME on a product) Certain areas have lack of career growth opportunities May sell (could be a pro as well) C level is mostly men (appears to be a bit of a boys club - friends of friends) When some leaves or is let go - position isn't always posted - someone is just 'selected' further limiting career growth
- 4.0Nov 29, 2023OperationsCurrent EmployeeSunnyvale, CA
Pros
Large company with lots a resources Friendly team Intelligent people
Cons
Disorganized, could be more focused Large company, easy to feel siloed
- 5.0Nov 28, 2023Software Engineer IICurrent Employee, more than 1 yearSan Jose, CA
Pros
Forward Thinking, aggressive in its goals, tons to work on.
Cons
Collaboration is lacking, feels like 7 different companies working separately.
1 - 5.0Nov 28, 2023ASIC Digital Design EngineerFormer Employee
Pros
Good people to work with, lot of team work, great learning curve
Cons
Gets too hectic during release week
1 - 5.0Nov 22, 2023Sr Staff EngineerCurrent Employee, more than 8 yearsSunnyvale, CA
Pros
Growth with AI boom and Semiconduct business
Cons
increase the pressure for entire company to achieve better OP margin.
1 - 5.0Nov 15, 2023Applications EngineerCurrent Employee
Pros
great portfolio of products in every step of design process
Cons
company needs to focus a little less on bottom line and keep main focus on technology
1 - 5.0Nov 22, 2023Software EngineerCurrent EmployeeNew York, NY
Pros
Graet people and they a very considerate
Cons
It’s a very small team
- 4.0Sep 1, 2023Sr. Software EngineerCurrent Employee, more than 1 yearSunnyvale, CA
Pros
The tech is at the forefront of semiconductor device manufacturing. Ability to learn more and get more skills in the field of semiconductor manufacturing. Nice, relaxed work environment. Good salary, a very pleasant campus.
Cons
Product's source code is messed up IMO - they chose a wrong language (Python) for the product that is supposed to have high performance. Now they are struggling with performance issues. Computer code is poorly organized, not modular, doesn't have high performance, at least in my project. It is quite difficult to work with. They don't care about coding culture. Attention is sharply focused on sales and revenues. If you are used to nicely organized projects (in terms of tech) - you will struggle.
3 - 3.0Nov 15, 2023Anonymous EmployeeCurrent Employee, more than 3 years
Pros
They pay well, more than most companies.
Cons
Management isn't held accountable for how they handle their directs and the atmosphere is often retaliatory among peers. Huge escalation culture.
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Synopsys has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 3,608 reviews left anonymously by employees. 80% of employees would recommend working at Synopsys to a friend and 83% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -1% over the last 12 months.
80% of Synopsys employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Synopsys 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Synopsys to be career development, culture, coworkers and the cons to be management .
