Is Synopsys a good company to work for?

Synopsys has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 5,123 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months. 67% of employees would recommend working at Synopsys to a friend and 59% 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 5% 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, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Synopsys?

Applications Engineer (190) , Staff Engineer (156) , Software Engineer (150) , R&D Engineer (139) , Intern (111) , Senior Software Engineer (102) , Senior R&D Engineer (78) , R&D Engineer II (62) , Senior Applications Engineer (59) , Technical Intern (55) , Engineer (46) , Senior R&D Engineer II (44) , Manager (43) , 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 601 reviews)); "Good culture and good to start in the semiconductor industry." ((in 287 reviews)); "People are nice and friendly in general" ((in 254 reviews)); "Good work culture and ethics" ((in 218 reviews)); "Other benefits are good like 401k match and ESPP." ((in 186 reviews))

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

"Low salary and favouritism for promotion" ((in 260 reviews)); "Middle management (especially in the CAE side) is poor and stagnant." ((in 152 reviews)); "1. Compensation is low and getting hike is difficult." ((in 67 reviews)); "Constant Layoffs" ((in 50 reviews)); "5. Upper management burying their heads in the sand; more focused on themselves" ((in 21 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 , New York , Canonsburg , 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

67% would recommend to a friend

(4,467 total reviews)

Sassine Ghazi

55% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

Culture & values

3.7

Career opportunities

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Senior management

Synopsys has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,467 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

Dec 21, 2025

Good

Sales order specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Salary, great policies and flexible

Cons

not much other than lay offs

2.0

Dec 21, 2025

Directionless management

R&d verification engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Corworkers are pretty good in what they do. Very knowledgeable.

Cons

The management is like a headless chicken at least in the APDL R&D Verification side of things. There is no incentive for coworkers to help eachother since it is often penalized since you cannot meet your own goals. Focus is more on quantity rather than quality. Sycophancy can get you far though. Company is filled with people nearing retirement and as a result casual conversations are awkward.

2.0

Dec 20, 2025

Declining work culture.

R&d staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nothing with Sassine taking over as CEO. It was only good till Aart was the leading. Sassine just belives in selling and self advertising. Some others i can mention: 1. Car purchase program 2. A cafetaria is opening soon, but dont know how it would be. 3. Health insurance with self topup.

Cons

1. Increase in work with decrease in employees per team. Management thinks Cursor or copilot can solve all their problems. 2. No RSU, increments or perks now. Just empty promises, trickeries, layoffs and lies from management. 3. All good things like loan programs have stopped. 4. Whether company does good or bad, employee benefits will be cut down. 5. Management wants quality code but fails to enable such environment. 6. Recently layoffs.

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