Market leader but an okay place to work. EDA industry's best days are long gone - Senior Staff R&D Engineer Synopsys Employee Review

4.0
Jan 8, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are pretty good, though they are now in downward trend for last few years. You get to work on real high-tech and challening stuff and get to see technology trends and ideas which will be in consumer hands few years from now. Company focused on stock price growth, let's see how it works out.

Cons

Company is becoming very miserly and stingy. 1% raises (after 3 years of freeze) on the year where we beat our goals and revenue targets handsomely shows where the focus is (yeah,, top guys get the cream). 25 years celeberation: a few glasses of wine, cheap party-hats and glasses from orientaltradingcompany.com ! Very top-heavy.

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5.0
Jun 28, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent pay & benefits, challenging work and positive atmosphere.

Cons

Very large and sluggish bureaucracy.

1.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you want a CEO that specializes is tanking the stock firing engineers, getting the company hijacked by private equity, and cheating employees out of their bonuses using magic company performance math, this is the company for you.

Cons

The company’s greatest “pros” are also its greatest “cons”

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