Synopsys reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(4,485 total reviews)
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Sassine Ghazi

56% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Synopsys has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,485 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Synopsys employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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4K reviews
3.0
Jun 20, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Smart people, most of them holding graduate degrees. Managers, even several levels up the chain, are usually friendly and generous with their time. Telecommuting is generally allowed at least 1 day a week, although this varies from one group to another.

Cons

Limited advancement opportunities - I once asked a mid-level manager how one could get a promotion and he looked me in the eye and said "know somebody". Sadly, my subsequent experience at the company seems to bear that out. Annual raises tend to be rather small and there are few opportunities to learn new skills. Management can make some rather "Dilbert-esque" decisions. It often seems that the product release schedule is dictated by the usually-irrational promises made by the marketing and/or sales departments rather than logic, resulting in fairly frequent crunch-time scenarios. This in turn leads to product quality suffering and unnecessary levels of stress. The food in the on-campus cafeterias, while good, is not free, nor is it particularly cheap. The engineers work in drab grey cubicles under cheap fluorescent lights.

4.0
Jun 20, 2015

its good

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good perks and salary benefits

Cons

sometimes too much work load

2.0
Jun 20, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Stable company, outlook of company is good

Cons

Inconsistent policies across employees. Several false promises and wrong expectations set by management. Very peevish at times.

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