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

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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1.0
Aug 27, 2013
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay, great health/vision/dental plan, 401K, ESPP, free gourmet food and buffet and organic snacks, free coffee/gourmet drinks/soda/juices, they rent out several high quality food trucks after every quarterly meeting and it's all you can eat, free gym and classes, unlimited PTO.

Cons

I used to believe in their "meritocracy" when I first came on. I was a huge advocate of Zynga for the first year and a half. But recently we've faced major cutbacks, layoffs and restructuring, and found the company will no longer be giving bonuses for the next year and a half. I worked extremely hard but Zynga doesn't recognize hard work; their awards ceremony works like a high school rally in that it's a huge popularity contest. And the higher ups will continue to take credit for the grunts' hard work, no matter how much of an influence you make. Good ideas are shot down if it isn't a tried and true game that makes millions on the market; they speak of innovation year after year but it is still all about fast following for the money. Morale is sinking lower and lower, only the ones who are gung-ho about Zynga Spirit or those that make the most cash for the company (despite lack of innovation) will get that $100,000 stock reward, or $5000 cash plus a 4-day trip to any place in the world, or get to borrow the company Tesla.

4.0
Aug 27, 2013
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people, very focused, a great example of how to use metrics to run a business, great pay, good benifits

Cons

A bit of a "work late" culture, and the people don't actually enjoy video games!

5.0
Aug 21, 2013
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay, good benefits, excellent culinary department, but most of all great people.

Cons

You need to have an intense interest in social games. It's also still mostly driven by metrics and needs more emphasis on good game design.

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