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    Zynga Reviews

    Updated May 19, 2017
    617 reviews

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    Zynga CEO Frank Gibeau
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    45 Ratings

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    Pros

    • Many non-cash benefits such as free breakfast, lunch and dinner; as well as, free starbucks style coffee (in 36 reviews)

    • Benefits - Free food, relaxed work environment, centrally located (in 89 reviews)

    Cons

    • Since it's a gaming company there's literally no work life balance (in 60 reviews)

    • Lots of indecision among upper management which comes down as thrash to the different teams (in 38 reviews)

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    1. Featured Review

      Helpful (5)

      "My time at Zynga has been Amazing"

      Star Star Star Star Star
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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      People at Zynga are genuinely passionate about their work and share a common vision of connecting the world through social games, and creating meaningful relationships for players. Zynga has great opportunities for growth and learning, especially for high performers. There is a strong “work hard- play hard” mentality across teams and people’s careers are rewarded tremendously. It’s a dynamic environment, surrounded with smart, driven, and motivated people. The office space itself is open and inspiring and they provide amazing benefits to reward employees (gym, 401K match, free food etc.). Benefits and salary are top-notch and highly competitive with other tech leaders in the Bay Area. It’s rare to find a company with such a strong culture and mission.

      Cons

      I feel very optimistic about Zynga’s future.

      Advice to Management

      Keep up the great work.

    2. "Love it here!"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Francisco, CA
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Francisco, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Zynga full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great perks, great people.

      Cons

      Work can some time be a crunch though.

    3. "Legal"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Francisco, CA
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Francisco, CA
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Zynga full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Lots of exciting things and daily challenges

      Cons

      None other than tighting of costs that may not be best in long term

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    4. "Learned, loved, laid off, moved on"

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      Former Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer in San Francisco, CA
      Former Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer in San Francisco, CA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Zynga full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      A leader in their field,
      I started as a contractor and was promoted several times over the 3 years I worked there. The majority of the people there are skilled, friendly, great people and I really enjoyed my time there.

      Cons

      I was part of a mass layoff

      Advice to Management

      none

    5. Helpful (2)

      "Make games here!"

      Star Star Star Star Star
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      Current Employee - Lead Product Manager in San Francisco, CA
      Current Employee - Lead Product Manager in San Francisco, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Zynga full-time

      Pros

      Lots of opportunity to make huge changes in existing and new games, working with people with lots of expertise and experience, and world class facilities and amenities.

      Cons

      Not a lot of big games to work on currently, disconnection between studio communication, and continuing to fight consolidation in the game market.

      Advice to Management

      We need to continue to design and create games in house vs. acquiring external studios then closing them.

    6. Helpful (1)

      "Great"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Francisco, CA
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Francisco, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Zynga full-time

      Pros

      Challenging, launched a game title and have learned a ton

      Cons

      There is a bit of politics, but not too bad
      The company is still in the transition stages of its strategy, so there's a lot of differing opinions along the spectrum

      Advice to Management

      Keep going with the strategy -- once we start to see results I think people will start to gain confidence in the direction of the company

    7. Helpful (2)

      "Nice to work at Zynga"

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      Current Employee - Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA
      Current Employee - Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Zynga full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Very nice work life balance, and top benefit around silicon valley

      Cons

      Stock price was too low

    8. Helpful (2)

      "Software Engineer"

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      Current Employee - Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA
      Current Employee - Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Zynga full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Some of the coolest people who are very passionate about what they do. You feel like you are part of the product and everyone's opinions are heard.)
      Free food and tons of things to do if you need a break, unlimited vacation (It's actually unlimited not one of those things they say to have you onboard) and Dog friendly.

      Cons

      Can't think of anything on top of my mind.

    9. Helpful (1)

      "Graphic Design Intern"

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      Former Employee - Graphic Design Intern in San Francisco, CA
      Former Employee - Graphic Design Intern in San Francisco, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Zynga (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Great building in SF, great food and events

      Cons

      I don't really play games, so for me it was difficult to relate to what I was doing

    10. Helpful (4)

      "Worried for the future..."

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Chicago, IL
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Chicago, IL
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Zynga full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great people to work with, fun environment, relaxed atmosphere, good benefits.

      Cons

      With the newest CEO coming in (from EA no less) I felt the company was becoming more geared toward making money at the expense of their employees. Benefits and bonuses were being cut and several of my coworkers were laid-off as a result.

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