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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4.0
Jul 28, 2013
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

There are a lot of talented people still at zynga, and some of them (not the majority, mind you) will help you learn how to be better at your job, whatever it is. You will have to seek these people out yourself, but if you do when you leave here your career will have benefitted substantially, even if your wallet hasn't.

Cons

Morale is in a bad place (but... Is almost certain to be in for an upswing with the new CEO) and management is on a fairly long run of under execution and lack of a clear vision.

4.0
Jul 22, 2013
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people to worth with, lots of learning opportunities, free food, good facilities, flexible working hours, approachable management

Cons

Some teams have crazy work hours, frequent changes to organization structure that is sometimes confusing, they are still struggling to get the food right

2.0
Jul 18, 2013
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

You get to work with very intelligent, ambitious and driven colleagues (and get to build a network with these folks). You will most likely have the opportunity to learn a lot in your field. The perks (free food, snacks, happy hours etc...) were not bad either. The best aspect for working for Zynga was the career opportunities it opened up. However, I feel this is diminishing as the company continues to decline.

Cons

The company is very disorganized and so political that the environment has often been described as a modern day "Game of Thrones." Incentives across cross-functional teams are horribly misaligned, and lead to a lot of internal confrontation. The environment is currently very very unstable with high levels of attrition across the entire organization. Most employees have been at the company for less than a year since experienced employees often leave for greener pastures. To make things worse, it has become difficult to attract domain experts as they have more attractive options elsewhere. I should emphasize there is a lot of infighting between teams, which is extremely counter-productive and leads to lots of daily stress You will run into employees with absurdly high-egos, the company does not believe in the "no a**hole" rule. Given the disorganized structure, political infighting across teams, and high levels of attrition...the company is the pinnacle of the "everyone for themselves" organization...it truly is a free for all. Do not look for mentorship or expect to see great leadership here, you will find neither. Lastly, there is zero work-life balance - you will be overworked (churn and burn).

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