Does someone know how the selection was made? Who is making call and how much our direct management influenced the process?

We are #1 layoff-er today: https://x.com/TheLayoff/status/1989030202857714022?s=20

My heart goes out to all who’ve been affected so far. Synopsys employee here, and it seems like Ansys folks have been hit especially hard, at least based on what we’d heard before this round. That’s really unfair, since I know quite a few people from... — read more 

What is the percentage of layoff completed in this round? And is there another round coming?

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Ansys was a great company to work for. I didn't get that same impression from Synopsys, but I guess that comes with working for a much larger company. It was a good 5 years.

As many of us are finding out this morning, today is the start. For those of us fortunate to stay, we should aim to actively support those who will be forced to leave. Please remember to help those impacted by supporting their search for new... — read more 

I haven’t been happy here for the last few years. This isn’t the same company I joined, and I’ve got no loyalty left. If they want to pay me to leave, I’ll take it. I’m not thrilled about having to job hunt again, but I’m sure I’d be able to land... — read more 

If that’s the case, good luck to all of us.

Please update here if someone get any information from the management. Bit difficult to stay focus with rumors.

Did anyone else receive a “Continuation Coverage Rights Under COBRA” letter from Synopsys today? It specifies that it’s not a notice of termination, but the timing feels off. It may be related to the acquisition, though given that one of the usual... — read more 

Will it be out next week?

Am a new hire and trying to figure out if I should already start looking for another one. Any chatter today on lay offs ?

Wonder how much more bad news is out there now that Rick is out. Doesn’t instill confidence and I wish that we at Ansys were not acquired. I suspect the initial set of layoffs will happen tomorrow now that we have an all hands call tomorrow.

I am a relatively new employee (less than 3 years) but the company I interviewed for is asking for a non-compete waiver to join. What are my options? Does anybody know the procedure?

Are y'all ready for the layoffs? Only 1 week to conclude FY25. It also means we have only 1 week before getting kicked out.

I'm almost at the point where I hope layoffs happen, just so I can move on from the constant thinking and stressing over it. It's inhumane to say layoffs are coming and then just...what? Let us wait? Hope the stress is enough to get us to walk out on... — read more 

The mentioned they wanted to be done woth everything as soon as possible (end of fiscal year?). We are approaching the end of October and it seems nothing has happened. Does anybody know if anything has happened? Within my group it seems like the... — read more 

Can you imagine if they drop people with only 1 week per year?

As an employee, the optics of this look absolutely horrible. You tell us people are going to be fired, yet this turdass is traveling around doing no real tech work—just parroting buzzwords. Instead of flying this tu-d business class, why not use... — read more 

Wouldn’t it be great if leadership actually spelled out what to expect, including some of those “minor” details like severance terms?

The company should offer such a program so people who are willing to leave could have the option and reduce the size of layoff.

Speaking from my experience: Ansys is an old giant with employees that have been around since the beginning with no desire to leave. What do these employees do? Not much. These 'experts' have enjoyed a really comfortable job for decades, while... — read more 

with the hype of ai/ml, do you think they will reduce headcount there (both in Ansys and synopsys) or they will layoff revenue making R&D teams at the cost of promise of big returns from their ai/ml offerings in the future?

There has not been any massive layoff at Ansys. Did Synopsis past layoffs offer severance packages?

https://www.tipranks.com/news/insider-trading/major-stock-sale-by-synopsys-executive-shakes-the-market-insider-trading These guys are all sc-m. "Our company is so healthy, our projections for growth have never been better"...... yet, this rat a*s... — read more 

What is happenin?

We were doing really well at Ansys, and we came in here with very competent people. But I always expected it wouldn’t matter. I started preparing my exit as soon as the first acquisition rumors surfaced, and now I’m negotiating a move to another job... — read more 

Don’t be a wu-s. Do the right thing and be transparent. If there are discussions happening in the upper rooms and you know info the majority of us don’t, come here and spill it. Be anonymous and at least have a shred of humanity, share the tea. You... — read more 

We are now a California company. Just curious if anyone knows how to deal with the non-complete signed with Ansys?

It’s so difficult to catch one or two actual pieces of information among all that completely unnerving corporate fluff. Here we are, having no clue about what will happen with our jobs, and we still have to listen to inordinate amounts of meaningless... — read more 

Shankar the water buffalo is speaking at the company all-hands right now, talking about Empathy and Respect. What an absolute joke. Open your eyes, ya carpet munching swamp gator, there are people here with families, mortgages, and years of loyalty... — read more 

Pay me to leave. Go ahead. I dare you. I’ll dance out of here happily. If this was the old Synopsys I knew and loved a decade ago, maybe I’d be upset. Maybe I'd stress over it. But walking away from what’s become an unrecognizable toxic dump? I won’t... — read more 

I have no intention of waiting for the last moment and then competing with everyone else who’s been laid off for the few jobs that’ll be left. Yes, I won’t get severance if I leave on my own, but frankly, I’d rather have a job than some money and the... — read more 

The worst part is knowing this won’t be quick. It’ll drag on and put everyone more on edge by the day. Most of us are just clinging to the hope of keeping our jobs, because opportunities out there are slim to none. That alone will fuel frustration... — read more 

It will be in November, around 35% headcount reduction. OP: @ea+1k50712za

Ansys was a strong company on its own. We didn’t need this to happen. It was our work that made Ansys successful, yet now we’re now treated as expendable. Do they even care what happens to performance once so many of us are gone?

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