Good employer - Design Engineer Synopsys Employee Review

Users say... "Good work life balance but understaffing" "Good culture and good to start in the semiconductor industry." "People are nice and friendly in general" "Good work culture and ethics" "Other benefits are good like 401k match and ESPP." 

Users say... "Low salary and favouritism for promotion" "Middle management (especially in the CAE side) is poor and stagnant." "Managers do communicate at their level but do not communicate to their staff outside the requisite weekly staff meeting." "1. Compensation is low and getting hike is difficult." "They’re happy because they dumped stock before announcing a 10% layoff and made a good profit."