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Cadence Design Systems

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Nice and shiny on the outside, need work on the inside. - IT Operations Cadence Design Systems Employee Review

3.0
16 May 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Benefits are good, most of the people you work with want to do a good job. Explaining CDNS's products are fun to the non-technical. Pay is mostly same for Silicon Valley but can differ once out of the area. A significant % of employees can work total/partially from home.

Cons

My BU is mgmt top heavy so there is very limited to NO promotional growth. I've been doing mostly the same thing for 8 years so very little in horizontal growth. There are some very poor managers in place while other very capable manager sit and are under utilized.

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5.0
31 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Small office with nice space

Cons

Less pay not too low

4.0
11 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The office culture and work ethics are onpar with other companies.

Cons

The Office HQ in Santa Fe is really worse, like the city is no fun at all.

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