I’ve been in R&D long enough to think I’d seen every organizational oddity, but lately I look at my reporting chain and just… sigh. I’m a Principal Engineer, the most technical person on my team, and yet there are seven layers of management between... — read more 

Should we worry about any reductions any time soon?

Has any else heard those skip-managers saying that they pretended that they aren't aware of names before the RIF event. How can someone in HR completely segmented from the department in a large company make decisions about the individuals in their... — read more 

What is happening right now is not just a restructuring on paper. It is something people are living through every day, with stress, sadness, confusion, and a growing sense of injustice. Many of the engineers being impacted are not low performers... — read more 

Recently, I interviewed with a company and reached the final round. They asked when I could start the job; they seem quite flexible. My strategy is to ideally be laid off in the next round and then join this company to maximize my gains. Does anyone... — read more 

Every time, it’s presented like something new but in reality, not much is actually changing. This is what you get when wrong people who know little about the actual work get into leadership positions. Then we pay for it with our jobs.

That's my plan. Why push yourself? Hard work gets you one of two things: a raise that doesn't even match inflation, or a spot on the layoff list.

While I have no control over management decisions, I do have control over my own actions. My response is straightforward: if my compensation is reduced, my productivity will decrease at the same proportional rate.

Companies to work for? Are you f$&king kidding me? What a fraud - Jill Larsen via LinkedIn “puts people first and lives our values every day” what values might that be? Demoralizing and ridiculing employees. “Learn more about our “award winning”... — read more 

I'm not seeing the same level of employee retention, respect or overall job satisfaction moving forward after the post-merger with SNPS. The other sad truth was the latest RIF targeted folks that had been with Ansys for 10 plus years marking them... — read more 

Came from Ansys. I thought Ansys TC was pretty sh---y but now I understand that Synopsys is even worse. As a manager, I participated some compensation planning and was shocked. Tell you what. RSU is bad. Very bad. Many positions above L4 are... — read more 

We are a team of 7 and 6 of us received an meeting invitation from HR individually for tomorrow morning. My manager is very confused about it too and colleagues at office strongly thinks it has to do with the lay offs. Its better to get severance and... — read more 

The layoff plan was finalised in France and it’s a massacre that targets mostly engineers and surprisingly not too many corporate functions. Even products that are supposedly in priority has not been spared and people with domain knowledge have been... — read more 

The budgets are in. Salary increases are unimpressive. RSU allotments are a complete joke. Don't worry, though, the least inspiring CEO of all time is getting paid plenty for his tip-top layoff skills.

The direction here changes every few months, so how are you supposed to feel confident about anything long term? Teams keep starting initiatives that never go anywhere before the next priority shift. That lack of consistency is ki-ling morale more... — read more 

Jensen Huang runs Nvidia with 60 direct reports, how many does Sassine have?

As an f u to the upper management I'm selling all my shares , no way this shyte will recover Sc--w your layoffs

To my knowledge no employees were laid off in Germany on the Ansys side due to the work council. Any news on when this is going to happen? Any news on how close they are to an agreement?

Every layoff targets the skilled workers who keep things running, and somehow the managers who do nothing but attend meetings never seem to get touched. No wonder our performance keeps sliding.

Can anyone tell me if there have been any layoffs in the APAC region recently?

Can anyone explain what they mean in the severance package by "In general, you will have a minimum of 90 days to exercise any vested unexercised stock option shares. Information pertaining to stock options can be found on the plan summary on E*Trade... — read more 

Layoffs are not even properly over and I'm already thinking about the next round. I can't even relax for a single day because things have been for so long that this is now the norm. We don't hate this company enough.

We are all sad to see our brilliant coworkers leave this week in the US and around the globe. Is this round finished? If so, when will be the next round? We all need to get prepared for the next impact now.

Tell people how you really feel about the CEO and the work life

If you are over 40 years old (in the US) you will have 21 days to evaluate the severance once it is presented you. Based on previous layoffs, it would appear Synopsys is paying at least 60 days of regular salary and benefits, in lieu of a WARN... — read more 

It's going to be such or similar phase to justify leaving many people without their livelihoods at the time when the job market is at its worst and prices are skyrocketing. What a cr-ppy way to treat loyal employees who've left many, many years at... — read more 

Severance details will be provided in the next two days.

Received a catch up request last Friday for Monday morning and was just told my position is being eliminated. Good luck all

Are we sure all are being sent today?

I have pretty solid intel that next layoff is happening Monday March 23rd. People have already started receiving meeting invitations. All the best everyone!

The first TPG All Hands question was straight up ballsy. Too bad, Shanky gave a non-answer "EQ-IQ-EQ-IQ".

I never thought I would be writing something like this. I’m 45 years old, and I’ve spent the last 18 years at Ansys, working remotely and affiliated to the Pune office in India. Like many others, I joined when the company was known for its... — read more 

Gotta love a meeting where they announce $12B in revenue and also continuing layoffs. Coming from Ansys, every single thing about Synopsys is comically bad. It's no wonder they mostly hire H1Bs and people overseas, as they're the only ones happy to... — read more 

For those from legacy Ansys, how did bonuses change 2026 vs 2025 ? Trying to get a sense if they went up, down, or stayed roughly the same. US / APAC / EMEA ?

For those who are connected with upper-level management, should we expect layoffs soon? Things feel unusually quiet lately. It’s hard to tell whether it’s just a normal cycle or something else, but the silence feels a bit unsettling. Not trying to... — read more 

The cover story for layoffs is that the financial incompetence of leadership led to layoffs, but, in fact, the impact of layoffs seems to be a rise in Authoritarian management practices (do this or we’ll axe you, whether you like it or not), which... — read more 

Anyone else surprised by this announcement?

If so, when would be the expect time line?

What is with the quarterly review process? Can anyone think of a d-mber waste of everyone’s time doing mindless busywork 4 times a year? Everyone seems paranoid and mid-manager and up is obsessed with money and go to market -how much does that... — read more