Goood place to work - can be better! - R&D Engineer Synopsys Employee Review

3.0
Sep 17, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay is good. Decent work-life balance.

Cons

Heavy reliance on legacy codes and outdated architectures, making it hard to experiment with new ideas. Most time spent on dealing with fragile code bases, than innovating.

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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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