Ex sales leader alleges bias complaints and bereavement leave led to her exit
A former Synopsys sales executive claims the company tolerated bias by senior managers and then fired her weeks after she took bereavement leave.
In a court filing dated December 15, 2025, Shruti Mangalmurti accuses Synopsys, Inc. of sex and race discrimination, harassment, hostile work environment and retaliation tied to both internal complaints and protected bereavement leave. The case was brought in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. It is at an early stage, and none of the allegations has been proven.
Mangalmurti, who resides in Texas and is described in the filing as a woman of Indian descent, says she joined Synopsys in 2021 as an Executive Account Manager handling multimillion‑dollar accounts with global semiconductor customers. She alleges that she exceeded her sales quotas in fiscal years 2022 and 2023, and by mid‑year fiscal 2024 had already achieved over one hundred percent of her quota and was on track to finish the year at over one hundred fifty percent of planned targets. The filing states that during her tenure she never received formal disciplinary write‑ups or negative performance reviews.
Despite this performance, she describes a work environment marked by escalating tension with Sales Director Sanjay Mehdiratta and her manager, Sonia Mukherjee. Early in her time at Synopsys, according to the filing, she learned of what she calls pervasive gender...
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