Is Synopsys a good company to work for?

Synopsys has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 5,109 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months. 67% of employees would recommend working at Synopsys to a friend and 62% 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 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Synopsys?

67% 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, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Synopsys?

Applications Engineer (189) , Staff Engineer (155) , Software Engineer (150) , R&D Engineer (138) , Intern (111) , Senior Software Engineer (101) , Senior R&D Engineer (77) , R&D Engineer II (62) , Senior Applications Engineer (59) , Technical Intern (55) , Engineer (46) , Senior R&D Engineer II (43) , Manager (42) , ASIC Digital Design Engineer (41) , Senior Staff Engineer (41)

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

"Good work life balance but understaffing" ((in 609 reviews)); "Good culture and good to start in the semiconductor industry." ((in 281 reviews)); "People are nice and friendly in general" ((in 256 reviews)); "Good work culture and ethics" ((in 213 reviews)); "Other benefits are good like 401k match and ESPP." ((in 181 reviews))

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

"Low salary and favouritism for promotion" ((in 266 reviews)); "Middle management (especially in the CAE side) is poor and stagnant." ((in 150 reviews)); "Managers do communicate at their level but do not communicate to their staff outside the requisite weekly staff meeting." ((in 83 reviews)); "1. Compensation is low and getting hike is difficult." ((in 69 reviews)); "frequent layoffs every year June and Dec" ((in 42 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 Synopsys locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Pittsburgh , New York , Marlborough , Bloomington , Austin , Hillsboro , Boston , Durham , Burlington , San Jose

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Synopsys reviews

3.8

67% would recommend to a friend

(4,457 total reviews)

Sassine Ghazi

57% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

Career opportunities

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Senior management

Synopsys has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,457 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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Reviews by job title

4K reviews

4.0

May 6, 2010

Overall a nice place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Management has reasonable expectations and do not push employees to meet unreasonable deadlines. A lot of flexibility given on when or where is done as long as the work is done on time. Perhaps a lot is up to the immediate manager but top management does not micro-manage on these matters.

Cons

Should be able to find better pay somewhere else. Not thoroughly satisfied with professional growth so far but it could be my problem.

3.0

May 4, 2010

Conservative, Predictable

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Market leader with steady and predictable revenue (and profit) stream. Ongoing investment in R&D with a technology focus. #1 in a variety of product areas.

Cons

Management is conservative, lacks the risk taking character required to grow the company. Culture characterized by top-down super GM's with sub-units operating mostly autonomously. A lack of cooperation and collaboration across teams. Pay for Performance is not adhered to and is more about who you know and not what you achieve.

2.0

Apr 27, 2010

Synopsys - is it the best

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Stable company with lot of cash reserves. Num 1 in the industry.

Cons

Num 1 company does not pay num 1. Management brings in their buddies as Peers instead of promoting employees. Management takes credit for all success and does not share to the teams and employees. Bureaucracy across the board with error resolution being high. Stock offering is bad. It does not move up. Funny thing, they compare with apple when the market falls but with nothing when market moves up.

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