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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

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      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
      1.0
      Nov 5, 2008

      Work at Cadence only as a last resort.

      Marketing director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There were some good people at the company and they were fairly open in sharing their knowledge and expertise. The company was still #1 in the market, which was something we could be proud of, but it was also something we knew the company couldn't maintain, so it was tough watching it slip away.

      Cons

      Terrible management, which causes problems in all aspects of the company. Morale was so low that it was depressing to even think about going to the office each day. The culture, i.e., they environment created by top management, was one of paranoia and constant change, so no matter how good one was at a job, there was no feeling of security.

      1.0
      Oct 16, 2008

      Challenging work, challenging environment

      applications engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The work is challenging, good opportunities for mix of customer-facing and technical jobs. The industry is very high-paced and interesting. This is a fast-paced work environment where you get good experience, and you either learn to either sink or swim. From a technical standpoint the code is a complex product to develop, manage, and deploy for customers. In terms of working with customers, these are all business customers, and they are smart and will keep you on your toes. The sales process is very interesting, and you can engage with a wide variety of customer types that all have different styles. So, basically, there is a lot to learn from working here.

      Cons

      Limited career advancement opportunities, little interest in developing employees. This is a "revolving door" company. Very little respect for work-life balance. No job security. Bloated layer of middle-management is wasteful. The morale is not very good. Of course, at the moment the stock price has declined 80 percent or so in the last year, so of course that hurts morale. The main issue is that their is no strategic career path here. Each business operates quite independently (caused by the growth-by-acquisition-strategy. The company is a patch-work of purchases which have their own backgrounds.) There is limited technical innovation within the company...it is all obtained through acquisition.

      3.0
      Jul 20, 2023

      Decent Company Culture but Team Determines Happiness

      Lead software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Large, stable company with resources - Encouragement to participate in company-wide events such as hackathons and volunteer events - Some teams can emulate start-up culture with research focus and fast turnaround - Good job security if you're baseline competent, no major recent layoffs - Innovation conferences and trainings held for education - Listed as Top 50 Best Place To Work

      Cons

      - Lots of legacy software with extremely poor or no documentation, especially from acquisitions - Often re-inventing the wheel because there is little inter-team communication or design standard across the company. You'll find software written in almost every language, sometimes the same functionality across codebases. Each team almost feels like its own company, which makes sense given the acquisitions - Bureaucracy often stifles development time and design decisions - Many people in leadership positions do not seem to understand the product(s) they work on, either because they were outside hires or don't have enough technical experience - Questionable decisions made by VP-level leadership, often at the detriment of the products they affect - Feels like the company would rather rest on its laurels than innovate. They spend more money on marketing and sales than engineering -- which by itself wouldn't be an issue if they were clearly a front runner but they aren't even #1 in the EDA sector.

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