Does Cypress Semiconductor pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cypress Semiconductor employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cypress Semiconductor. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cypress Semiconductor?

60% of Cypress Semiconductor employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cypress Semiconductor 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cypress Semiconductor?

Applications Engineer (26) , Product Engineer (18) , Senior Applications Engineer (17) , Software Engineer (16) , Design Engineer (13) , Electrical Design Engineer (13) , Engineer (9) , Senior Software Engineer (9) , Manager (8) , Operations Analyst (8) , Product Marketing Engineer (8) , Senior Engineer (8) , Director (7) , Principal Engineer (7) , Test Engineer (7)

What are the pros of working at Cypress Semiconductor according to real employee reviews?

"Good people to work with" ((in 51 reviews)); "Good pay and very hands on working environment" ((in 31 reviews)); "good benefits and incnetives management" ((in 30 reviews)); "Good work environment and lots of challenges" ((in 22 reviews)); "Stocks and work culture at our design centre was pretty good." ((in 20 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Cypress Semiconductor according to real employee reviews?

"Poor Management." ((in 41 reviews)); "No Work Life Balance in the company" ((in 34 reviews)); "Less Salary in comparison to market" ((in 28 reviews)); "life balance, the manager i am working with doesnt understand Consensus and always try to have all decisions in his way no matter what the team thinks." ((in 15 reviews)); "The CEO is arrogant and his style has a tendency to trickle down to other managers." ((in 14 reviews))

What are employees saying about Cypress Semiconductor layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Cypress Semiconductor layoffs and their outlook for job security at Cypress Semiconductor in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Cypress Semiconductor locations?

San Jose , Austin , Bloomington , Lynnwood , Seattle , Lexington-Fayette , Minneapolis , Colorado Springs , San Diego , San Francisco , Irvine , Lynwood , Sunnyvale , New Brunswick , Boise , New York , Syracuse , Lexington , Albuquerque , Raleigh , Starkville , Lakewood , Los Angeles , Cupertino , Morgan Hill , Mountain View , Santa Clara , San Luis Obispo , Edmonds , Woodinville

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Cypress Semiconductor reviews

3.4

60% would recommend to a friend

(712 total reviews)

Hassane El-Khoury

81% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Career opportunities

3.3

Culture & values

3.3

Compensation and benefits

3.0

Work/Life balance

3.0

Senior management

Cypress Semiconductor has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 712 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cypress Semiconductor 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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712 reviews

3.0

Feb 22, 2011

Love the Job, I am becoming an Pricing Expert.

Pricing marketing engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1.Cypress "MEMO" system is amazing! - People can share each other's idea easily. 2. Colleague are very friendly. 3. You can talk everything to your manager.

Cons

1. Salary is not good enough to live in Shanghai. 2. Don't see much promotion opportunity in Shanghai. 3. Office is too far away from City in Shanghai

4.0

Feb 14, 2011

It's a great experience working with CY.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Stocks benefits was great. Helps you to learn more from different department. Provide best technology.

Cons

so many organizational changes in the past few years

4.0

Feb 6, 2011

It was a learning experience, many people who worked in Cypress learn the discipline of no excuses managment

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

transparent and no politics, performance based measurement is widely practiced, business process is very strong

Cons

on your face management style. you have to be tough skin sometimes

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