Z2 reviews

3.0

52% would recommend to a friend

(38 total reviews)

Lou Fasulo

54% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Z2 has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 38 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Z2 employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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38 reviews
1.0
Jun 27, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Was able to contribute to projects on a variety of levels. A couple of decent company events. Free bus pass.

Cons

I hate to shovel insults on a pile of injury, but I wish someone had been honest with me about what it's like to work here before committing a part of my career to this place. Immature management leads to a culture of crunching, copycat game development, very little respect for employee's personal lives. A bizarre leadership cabal where employees are randomly placed into categories of "cares about company" or "doesn't care about company". Leadership feeds off of people feeling insecure about their jobs.

1.0
Jun 21, 2014

No trust in employees + strange business direction

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You can experience some fast-paced and hot industry with nice and young employees. Except some upper management folks, many are fun to work with. Maybe some free food and free lunch, but they're...pretty much like Costco trail mix and cheap pizza.

Cons

It's a joke - disguising as an "Internet Usage Policy", Z2 forced their employees to sign on the letter that says "sending or posting information that is defamatory to the company" is "unacceptable". I hear CEO always complains about the Glassdoor (and orders some to leave fake reviews; you can easily tell which one is fake) and now, he's trying to stop his employees from posting anything negative. Really? You will be treated like a child here (with all that famous Z2 censorship) if you work here. This company (or CEO) also has very questionable business tactics. Or just "a" tactic - expanding to new platforms forever. Period. Although they have (only) one decent (but old and cruelly boring) product with seemingly a best team/PO for it in Z2, they are making same stuff repeatedly over everywhere without any further update/changes. Mac/Amazon/Steam? What's next? Don't be surprised if Z2 does Xbox or Windows phone.

1.0
Jun 7, 2014

Opens with optimism, doesn't stay that way.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free lunch twice a week (though fairly typical pizza and sandwiches fare). Great health insurance. Individuals you work with are generally pleasant, well meaning, friendly, and interesting.

Cons

Upper management is a nightmare that will force opinions, dangle/give false promises of promotions, pay is abysmal (especially for living in the Seattle area), overtime is a constant occurrence with no reimbursement. While located in downtown, it's located in an area littered with homeless, drugs, public nudity, and shootings. Not the great part of Seattle. Constantly trying to follow in the footsteps of popular titles, not having faith in their employees to produce something good on their own.

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