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 187 reviews)); "Benefits were great." ((in 146 reviews)); "Great culture and activities" ((in 115 reviews)); "Free food and drinks are available." ((in 95 reviews)); "good work life balance and leaves" ((in 91 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 32 reviews)); "it's very disorganized, no leadership" ((in 30 reviews)); "Lots of layoffs" ((in 20 reviews)); "Long hours and Process wasn't build out fully yet" ((in 19 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

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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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4.0

Jan 5, 2014

flexible, free, fun workplace

Software engineer

Recommend

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Pros

good working environment, fast paced and highly creative and technically skilled peers

Cons

remuneration is less for the effort we put in, and the career growth is kinda of neutral or depends on he manager you get.

4.0

Jan 2, 2014

Good Benefits, enthusiastic people

Lead producer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Young and energetic people, fantastic benefits, and tons of opportunity to move up. Zynga is a great place to learn the web and mobile games business.

Cons

Work life balance for some, wide range of talent. Not a great place for families.

4.0

Dec 27, 2013

software engineer

Software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

good platform to make great games with world-class talents. to learn things from people from different countries

Cons

frequent project changes and recently stable development

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