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?

San Francisco , Austin , Chicago , New York , Seattle , San Diego , Los Angeles , Carlsbad , San Mateo , Dallas , Concord , Baltimore , Ashburn , Brooklyn , Cedar Park , Allen , Texas City , San Antonio , Camarillo , Sacramento , South San Francisco , San Jose , Santa Clara , Sonoma , Portland , Orlando , Boston , San Francisco

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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1K reviews

5.0

Sep 29, 2012

thanks to zynga

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

zynga is the best game in the world

Cons

want to give the best

3.0

Sep 27, 2012

Good perks, but terrible work/life balance.

Qa engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good perks, Lots of money, Looks good on a resume

Cons

Terrible work/life balance Easy to get disenchanted with game production working at a game company like this

3.0

Sep 25, 2012

It's all right, but depends on which team you're on.

Lead artist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of perks Hours are okay (depending on what team you're on/which manager you have) Happy Hours with free beer/wine/pizza every Friday No vacation/sick day policy, take as many days off as you need, up to 1-week per quarter. Salary is great/on par with industry standard or higher

Cons

Depending on which team you're on, there might be severely little creative freedom Artists tend to get the short end of the stick for bonuses/recognition HR is made up of cheerleaders that only care about each other and not employees Witnessing thousands upon thousands of dollars wasted on frivolous things around the company. Company is enormous; can make you feel more like a number than a human-being Managers were promoted rapidly without proper training Sometimes completely impossible to switch from one game team to another

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