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Cadence Design Systems

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Cadence Design Systems reviews

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

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
2.0
Jun 11, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Salaries are among the highest in the software industry.

Cons

Extremely political environment. Coin operated. Executive staff continues to pay themselves handsomely while share holder return is dismal. Just see the latest Silicon Valley salary reviews, and compare the compensation and perks rankings of the CEO with the share holder return he had delivered in the time he has been around. Same for the EVP of Sales.

3.0
May 16, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are good, most of the people you work with want to do a good job. Explaining CDNS's products are fun to the non-technical. Pay is mostly same for Silicon Valley but can differ once out of the area. A significant % of employees can work total/partially from home.

Cons

My BU is mgmt top heavy so there is very limited to NO promotional growth. I've been doing mostly the same thing for 8 years so very little in horizontal growth. There are some very poor managers in place while other very capable manager sit and are under utilized.

2.0
May 14, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

One of the top names in the industry. Good benefits package.

Cons

No information sharing between parts of the company. Hard to find any job related information. Not following best industry practice, tons of legacy code, slow to upgrade/refactor. No incentives to work better, no company wide events, no identity with the company. Each group fight the same problems already solved in other groups. Hard to move between groups, easier to get job in another company instead of raise/promotion. No clear career path, no separation of technical/management ladders. Many honorary titles, people of no impact.

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