Synopsys offer

Hi all, As a yoe 6+PhD eng for RnD synopsys offer, what should I ask for TC, bonus, stock? It should be staff position hopefully, they didn’t clarify it yet. Thanks in advance!

ServiceNow wTqs01 Sep 30, 2021

Levels.fyi is pretty accurate

Synopsys shpxppc Sep 30, 2021

Bonus for L68 will be 14%, not much room for negotiation there (unless you mean sign-on bonus)

Cadence WGAd03 OP Sep 30, 2021

Thanks for the info. Stock bonus+sign-in bonus should be asked or just one? Would you suggest any amount if you would recommend such as 190k-210k TC with 400/4 stock, 40k sign in ?

Synopsys shpxppc Sep 30, 2021

You can negotiate sign-on bonus, salary, and RSU. The flexibility of those levers is in descending order, i.e. RSU is difficult to move them on. When you get a full offer sheet, you can ask them to adjust any of those levers and see what happens, or just tell them you’re looking for TC in a certain ballpark and let them try to move the levers to get towards it. I think 180-210 is an expected TC range for L68 but it can really be BU/team dependent and also how the HM thinks of you. Good luck!

Cadence WGAd03 OP Nov 2, 2021

The offer is 225k tc, should be good to go?

Synopsys ridefstr Nov 30, 2023

at 68 that is good

ServiceNow wTqs01 Nov 2, 2021

That is good enough IMHO

Cadence pncafn Nov 6, 2021

Grade? Group?