Is Synopsys a good company to work for?

Synopsys has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 5,166 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 8% over the last 12 months. 66% of employees would recommend working at Synopsys to a friend and 57% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Synopsys have been left by employees working as Technical Intern , Software Engineer(Internship) and Intern .

Does Synopsys pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Synopsys employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Synopsys. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Synopsys?

66% of Synopsys employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Synopsys 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Synopsys?

Applications Engineer (192) , Staff Engineer (158) , Software Engineer (151) , R&D Engineer (139) , Intern (112) , Senior Software Engineer (105) , Senior R&D Engineer (79) , R&D Engineer II (62) , Senior Applications Engineer (59) , Technical Intern (55) , Engineer (47) , Senior R&D Engineer II (44) , Manager (43) , Senior Staff Engineer (42) , ASIC Digital Design Engineer (41)

What are the pros of working at Synopsys according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance but understaffing" ((in 615 reviews)); "Good culture and good to start in the semiconductor industry." ((in 272 reviews)); "People are nice and friendly in general" ((in 252 reviews)); "Good work culture and ethics" ((in 214 reviews)); "good benefits and workplace." ((in 196 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Synopsys according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary and favouritism for promotion" ((in 258 reviews)); "Middle management (especially in the CAE side) is poor and stagnant." ((in 146 reviews)); "1. Compensation is low and getting hike is difficult." ((in 75 reviews)); "frequent layoffs every year June and Dec" ((in 41 reviews)); "Limited career growth and below average job satisfaction due to the highly reactive nature of a career in EDA." ((in 41 reviews))

What are employees saying about Synopsys layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Synopsys layoffs and their outlook for job security at Synopsys in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Synopsys locations?

Mountain View , Sunnyvale , Hillsboro , San Francisco , San Jose , Burlington , Boston , Austin , Marlborough , Bloomington , Portland , Canonsburg , New York , Durham , San Diego , Santa Clara , Pittsburgh , Herndon , Houston , Indianapolis , Irvine , Denver , Boxborough , Atlanta , Washington , Raleigh , Dallas , Los Angeles , Exton , Armenia

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Synopsys reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(690 total reviews)

Sassine Ghazi

55% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

Culture & values

3.6

Career opportunities

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Senior management

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Reviews by job title

690 reviews

Reviews about "Compensation"

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5.0

Dec 9, 2020

Very good company to work for

Senior manager r&d

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good stable company with good perks. Working on cutting edge technology with leading technology leaders.

Cons

Base salary is average compared to market standard. But, it is compensated with other perks in terms of RSU, ESPP, work-life balance etc.

3.0

Dec 3, 2020

not so good

Smts design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work with tons of smart people that support each other who are positive and encouraging

Cons

poor salary and company culture

2.0

Dec 1, 2020

Site and upper management ruins an interesting job

R&d engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Depending on the team you may get to work on interesting problems and team members are very open to share knowledge - Non-salary benefits are a nice to have

Cons

- Promotion path is very slow, it seems they are outdated on the expected career path - Entry salary is decent, but it raises very slowly, making it subpar after a few years of experience - Upper management won't make the important decissions, giving teams that have very bad practices free-reign, affecting the work of other people. Also they bury some attempts on having better things under layers of bureaucracy - Chilean site management is very self-complacent, ignoring any criticism (specially salary concerns) and has a tendency on overstepping into team manager territory. Things that should be resolved in 1:1's tend to transform into talks from the center manager to all of the site empoyees.

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