Does Zynga pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Zynga employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Zynga. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Zynga?

85% of Zynga employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Zynga 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.9 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 186 reviews)); "Benefits were great." ((in 143 reviews)); "Great culture and activities" ((in 111 reviews)); "Free food and drinks are available." ((in 93 reviews)); "good work life balance and leaves" ((in 88 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 34 reviews)); "it's very disorganized, no leadership" ((in 28 reviews)); "Long hours and Process wasn't build out fully yet" ((in 24 reviews)); "Lots of layoffs" ((in 20 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

4.0

85% would recommend to a friend

(1,393 total reviews)

Frank Gibeau

89% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.0

Culture & values

3.9

Career opportunities

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Senior management

Zynga has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,393 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Zynga employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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5.0

Mar 25, 2011

Great experience - perfect blend of startup & solid company.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great environment (game oriented culture) - dogs at work - great benefits (health, gym, etc..) - Fast pace, lots of growth - Quarterly awards for initiative, results, etc..

Cons

- still startup culture, can feel chaotic at times - current games are pretty repetitive - tech stack is pretty vanilla (php 5.2!)

2.0

Mar 19, 2011

Think twice before coming to work here.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

The company spends an excessive amount of money to provide their employees with food, snacks, freebies, weekly happy hours, and team outings.

Cons

Unlimited vacation and no formal vacation policy means no vacation build-up and leaves you wondering when if at all, time can be taken off. If you leave the company for any reason, there is no pay out (however, no company is required to do so).

1.0

Feb 28, 2011

horrendous place to work

Senior software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay is good; food is sometimes good. The company stock is obviuosly doing well. You meet some very entrepreneurial people here.

Cons

Horrendous work culture; lots of backstabbing, bickering, testosterone driven petty politics going on in the company. People working here tend to rate 1-3 out of 10 on the maturity scale. The company does not select for socially developed peole AT ALL. People here are not happy and are clearly overworked

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Great experience - perfect blend of startup & solid company.

Think twice before coming to work here.

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