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      Zynga

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      Zynga reviews

      4.1

      87% would recommend to a friend

      (1,394 total reviews)
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      Frank Gibeau

      91% approve of CEO

      81% positive business outlook

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      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 3, 2014

      Project Manager

      Project manager
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Employees were great, honest, and funny..

      Cons

      Different departments DO NOT work together at all. There is NO cooperation between different groups on even important projects. Do not expect direction or guidance from your manager, or even support. Managers do not create and implement effective policies or processes. No communication of important initiatives and programs company-wide. There are massive lay-offs every year, and the best people are laid off.

      2.0
      Mar 1, 2014

      Terrible senior management making awful decisions

      Designer
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Comp is on the higher end for gaming companies, but on the lower end relative to other public tech companies. There are some good folks remaining but they're all leaving like flies. It used to have good perks when I started, but they have gotten rid of a lot of them (no more massages, haircuts, they also laid off my trainer in December).

      Cons

      Lowest morale in all of SF and Silicon Valley right now. The last round of layoffs ended up cutting some of the best performers at Zynga (HR and C suite's decision-making abilities are questionable), leaving behind some cheaper but very mediocre performers. My studio has too many leads and too political to get anything done. All upper management cares about is pleasing the investors (not their players or employees). They haven't been able to ship a good mobile title organically, so they tap into their free cash flow and acquire other mobile gaming companies while cutting headcount. Great for the bottom line temporarily, but terrible in the long-run because some of the top performers are gone and you cannot make great games without them. They always claim there will not be more layoffs but a 18% layoffs occurred in May and an 15% layoffs occurred in late January. Do not believe anything upper management says anymore.

      4.0
      Feb 28, 2014

      Thanks Zynga, it was fun!

      Office manager
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits, great co-workers, work-life balance was definitely better than most tech companies (IMO), fun, vibrant, always changing work flow.

      Cons

      Management decisions that seemed half hazard or last minute, lack of clear goals or direction for the long haul, no "level up" or mentoring possibilities for anyone who is NOT an Engineer, volatile environment (fearful, worrisome, unsteady footing).

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