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      Cadence Design Systems

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      4.1

      83% would recommend to a friend

      (2,769 total reviews)
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      Anirudh Devgan

      85% approve of CEO

      79% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.8

      Senior management

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      Cadence Design Systems has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,769 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Cadence Design Systems employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      3K reviews
      4.0
      Oct 2, 2019

      Mixed experience at Cadence.

      Engineering manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Cafeteria is good, in San Jose at least. A lot of really great people who really care, work at Cadence. Some managers are good at providing flexibility and accommodating crazy life schedules, including working remotely at times.

      Cons

      Way too much weight and pressure given to product release schedules, at the expense of long-term job satisfaction and product quality. Salaries are based on a 40 hour work week, but many folks end up working easily 60 hours per week and occasionally more. Benefits are average, in spite of what claims are made by HR.

      2.0
      Feb 7, 2018

      Not a good place for Field Applications Engineers

      Applications engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good compensation. Company values set by the CEO are good.

      Cons

      No work life balance. Very political and back-stabbing environment. Growth is slow, no path to progress. The Applications Engineering team is replacing older employees with new-grads. Upper management is all fluff and doesn't care much other than winning business. Employees are like resources and with 15-20 AEs reporting to one manager there is very poor management.

      5.0
      Jan 29, 2018

      Great company to work for!

      Principal design engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1 Company is executing well. No immediate surprises in the vicinity. 2. Descent pay and benefits 3. Highly encourage community service

      Cons

      1. Constant reorganization. 2. Employee retention - some smart ppl have left and no obvious effort seemed to be taken to stop this.

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