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 (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

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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Reviews by job title

4K reviews

2.0

Oct 16, 2018

SIG Needs Competent Leaders, Advancement Opportunities.

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Well stocked kitchen - Compensation is on the better side of fair. - Very intelligent engineers. - C-suite is top notch, and delivers results for its traditional business.

Cons

- Basically no advancement at the engineering levels. - Absentee director-level management - Distributed managers who do a very poor job of being informed and online during their team's working hours - Lack of product directives at all levels, yet a very aggressive and arbitrary stream of deadlines.

1.0

Oct 11, 2018

Worst management in the hardware emulation group

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Many talented and nice co-workers.

Cons

Very low quality of management. Management is controlled by all Taiwanese people. Ethnic discrimination. Daily work harassment. Impossible to take vacation. Good people are leaving.

Synopsys Response

7y

We take all feedback seriously and any concern about potentially discriminatory practices will be heard. Synopsys does not support or tolerate discrimination. We need to hear more from you and would welcome you to respond to us confidentially at staffing@synopsys.com so we can learn more about your concerns and observations.

2.0

May 28, 2018

SIG - Writing is on the Wall

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

401K match Nice people close to cal train

Cons

As other SIG posts stated, leadership in need of a big game move change. Like any losing sports team, a new coach is needed with new staff. Currently, no one has much hope and no one is inspired. And there is seemingly no one in charge of the SF office. Look around. It's an uncared for office that could be way better with the right people. They even took away our pool table and guitar game. The leader's right hand people are rarely in the office, not responsive and don't seem to care to make things any better. The communication on all fronts is so bad or non existent. By the time we hear anything of relevance from our own managers, the leadership team is on to something else.

Synopsys Response

8y

Thank you for sharing your feedback. Please contact us at staffing@synopsys.com. We would like to connect and hear more from you.

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