Does Zynga pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Zynga employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Zynga. This rating has improved by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Zynga?

87% of Zynga employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Zynga 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Zynga?

Software Engineer (128) , Senior Software Engineer (86) , Product Manager (57) , Game Designer (34) , Producer (32) , Principal Software Engineer (24) , Senior Product Manager (18) , Director (14) , Intern (14) , Artist (13) , Senior Game Designer (13) , Senior Producer (13) , Concept Artist (12) , Associate Game Designer (11) , Senior Artist (11)

What are the pros of working at Zynga according to real employee reviews?

"Great people and Supervisors." ((in 190 reviews)); "Benefits were great." ((in 136 reviews)); "Great culture and activities" ((in 118 reviews)); "Free food and drinks are available." ((in 91 reviews)); "good work life balance and leaves" ((in 90 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Zynga according to real employee reviews?

"Some managers have made unethical and immoral decisions in the expense of the employees" ((in 35 reviews)); "Bad upper management, Non deserving candidates are at higher position in company" ((in 31 reviews)); "it's very disorganized, no leadership" ((in 29 reviews)); "Long hours and Process wasn't build out fully yet" ((in 23 reviews)); "Lots of layoffs" ((in 21 reviews))

What are employees saying about Zynga layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Zynga layoffs and their outlook for job security at Zynga in 2026.

Zynga reviews

4.1

87% would recommend to a friend

(1,394 total reviews)

Frank Gibeau

91% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.3

Work/Life balance

4.1

Culture & values

4.0

Career opportunities

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Senior management

Zynga has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,394 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Zynga employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Mídia e comunicação industry (3.7 stars).

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1K reviews

1.0

Mar 26, 2014

there is nothing good about Zynga except for the compensation

Security engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

good compensation is the only good thing. Except for that I don't find any other good thing about this job!!

Cons

negative career growth ( the shitty management and politics will make you even forget your previous skills), inexperienced managers, not so knowledgable people left in the company anymore.

1.0

Mar 24, 2014

Mercenaries, not Missionaries

Senior product manager

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Brilliant people who came from consulting, investment banking, and a wide range of experience. Compensation was nice, good facade of meritocracy, office had ample food and snacks. Gym was a plus. I went back recently and I thought to myself that the place looks nicer than when I left, which is odd since the company's stock value has gone down.

Cons

No work-life balance, terrible leadership, idiotic management who had rose through the ranks by bullying individuals and humiliating people. Turns out when the stock price goes sour, all of these people run for the hills because they were only in the zero-sum company for the gain they could take from others anyway. I think I learned bad habits here that I'll have to recover from - like thinking that everyone else is out to get you and to think that company politics is how all companies are run.

4.0

Mar 24, 2014

Worked there pre-Farmville; incredibly smart colleagues

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people with whom to work; people worked incredibly hard; demanding environment

Cons

Learned a ton; very little challenging that I could see of CEO

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