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some R&D Management with lack of ethics and integrity - Senior Software Engineer Ansys Employee Review

1.0
May 8, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

The CEO is trying very hard to change the culture and bring honesty and accountability.

Cons

Your experience depends on the team, most of them seem ok and hard working. I recently joined this team led by an unethical R&D director that has made a mockery of the agile software development process and continue to release untested software without any new features. They are purposefully creating technically unachievable features and work items at planning time to present to ever changing list of VPs. After the presentations are done the all of them are knowingly closed at the end of the release with incomplete code and minimal testing without delivering the complete features. The Product manager does not want to rock the boat, Since minimal features are released so minimum defects come and every body is happy In our engagement survey we also got a very low score. No one wants to discuss the actual reasons and nothing changed. however since then team is being openly berated by our director about our salaries and that Ansys can not afford to keep people with high salaries as the product is not making money. If we continuing to complain in the survey then we should find new jobs. It seems there is no accountability for senior folks as long as you keep doing fake marketing and power point presentation. At this point there is no direction or plan of what to do. I understand most teams may not be like this but my experience is not good.

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5.0
Sep 15, 2025
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Pros

Very easy to follow instructions, Great culture.

Cons

Was during covid so I didn't interact much with other coworkers.

5.0
Aug 27, 2025
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Pros

Flexibility with WFH/Hybrid depending on your job/team Great starting PTO + decent sick/family time Challenging work Smart, hard-working co-workers People work here for decades because it's a great work culture

Cons

It's a software company. Cramming features in at the last minute, and requiring long hours from testing & doc to meet deadlines, is frustrating but not unexpected Benefits are just OK - lost all of my doctors when they stopped having one local insurance option If you're in R&D but not an engineer, you are undervalued for bonuses No upward path if you don't want to manage - eventually you stagnate and have nowhere to go Agile dev process is challenging for documentation and testing and is not always realistic with big projects Huge uncertainty after Synopsys buyout - I've had bad experiences with EDA companies undervaluing some jobs in the past (testing/doc] so not feeling any job security at the moment

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