Is Synopsys a good company to work for?

Synopsys has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 5,107 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 (188) , 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

Synopsys reviews

3.8

67% would recommend to a friend

(4,455 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 4,455 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

1.0

Apr 20, 2009

Walk your talk of integrity to the people who work for you

Technical publications manager

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

The benefits were fine and parallel to other major companies in the area. Depending on the group you are in, there are some good people to work with.

Cons

- They supported student math and science tutoring and grant programs (I know because I volunteered in both) in a location where they won't be hiring these people as engineers, preferring to hire in "lower cost geographies." This came as an email from the CEO. - Huge politics and scapegoating. - Aquiring companies and laying off people, then expecting the rest to improve the quality and quantity of output to an unreasonable degree, while saying they support work/life balance. - Laying off just enough people so they don't have to report the layoff externally. - Tying unrealistic job performance expectations to salary cuts so they can get rid of people or reduce their salary without it being reported externally. - Laying off 200 people while the BU VP was making $3 million/year.

3.0

Apr 9, 2009

Stable Company

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

very stable company with technology and business savvy top management; good technology that changes rapidly; interesting work and problems to solve; working on software tools that are used by most chip designers can be very satisfying. generous vacation time.

Cons

industry is shrinking; work too specialized and experience gained at Synopsys may not be that relevant to other software jobs. in some groups management is too hierarchical with goals strictly mandated from top to bottom. not much cooperation between groups. working on low visibility project means no recognition while working on high visibility project means too much stress. currently over-reacting to the recession by cutting on supplies like notebooks, pens, etc.

4.0

Apr 2, 2009

My first big corporate job

Senior r&d engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. You are working with some of the best people in the industry. 2. My co-workers are really smart and best of the breed (so to speak). 3. There is healthy competitive atmosphere and the management awards good work. 4. It is the largest EDA company and the products are well know. 5. There is job security even in tough economic times. 6. I really like the work life balance/ . 7. Flexible work hours, and time off . 8. Located in good area, nice weather. 9. Good work 10. Good learning opportunities, as the company is the leading provider of EDA software so get to know the latest problems.

Cons

1. But, career grow is somewhat slow. 2. You can only go down if you want to move from the best company in a particular area.

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