Is Zynga a good company to work for?

Zynga has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 1,550 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 1% over the last 12 months. 88% of employees would recommend working at Zynga to a friend and 82% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Zynga have been left by employees working as Intern , Principal Software Engineer and Product Manager .

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 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Zynga?

88% 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, 4.1 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 178 reviews)); "Benefits were great." ((in 138 reviews)); "Great culture and activities" ((in 115 reviews)); "good work life balance and leaves" ((in 90 reviews)); "Free food (and it's good" ((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 34 reviews)); "Bad upper management, Non deserving candidates are at higher position in company" ((in 32 reviews)); "Poor leadership and lack of transparency" ((in 30 reviews)); "Long hours and Process wasn't build out fully yet" ((in 22 reviews)); "Lots of layoffs" ((in 18 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.

What are the top reviewed Zynga locations?

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Zynga reviews

4.1

88% would recommend to a friend

(1,398 total reviews)

Frank Gibeau

91% approve of CEO

82% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.1

Culture & values

4.0

Career opportunities

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Senior management

Zynga has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,398 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 Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

4.0

Oct 22, 2012

Best in Class Data Driven Product Management

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Really impressed with the infrastructure and processes around data analysis - Rigor around developing you via applied experience - bright people all around - great office/benefits

Cons

- obviously some turmoil in the press, but somewhat overstated IMHO- company just needs to deliver, which I believe it will - Certain tools needed to do the job well can be slow, impacting ability to move fast during certain hours - Long hours, but worth it to teach you how to prioritize and to get add'l experience which would take twice as long anywhere else.

4.0

Oct 20, 2012

Great Place to work, Good Perks, Challenging Projects.

Infrastructure support

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Good Perks (Food, Arcade Games, gym, etc.,) , Projects / Skills look great on resume. * Challenging Projects. * Smart Folks. * Good Creative Freedom. * Technology driven approach. * Great Opportunity to build skill set even within the company.

Cons

* Work/Life balance for most part is just right, on occasion during crunch time can tend to shift the other way * Company has grown big but has maintained a startup culture. * Being a big company, there are a overlapping projects across multiple teams.

5.0

Oct 15, 2012

smart people, amazing HQ

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

*The perks really are amazing. Massages, amazing food, in house gym, you really feel taken care of at Zygna.

Cons

*As someone mentioned before, you really need to have your own work-life balance sorted out since its very easy to get caught up with work here, and things move very fast. Definitely not a suitable place for everyone.

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