Does Z2 pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Z2 employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Z2. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Z2?

52% of Z2 employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Z2 2.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 2.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Z2?

Anonymous (3) , Production (3) , Artist (2) , Quality Assurance (2) , Software Engineer (2)

What are the pros of working at Z2 according to real employee reviews?

"The people you work with are great." ((in 8 reviews)); "Management aggressively pursues feedback at all levels and promotes transparency." ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Z2 according to real employee reviews?

"Little to no work life balance." ((in 5 reviews)); "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." ((in 4 reviews)); "The August 2016 layoffs were handled very clumsily and were no surprise at all." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Z2 layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Z2 layoffs and their outlook for job security at Z2 in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Z2 locations?

Seattle , Bellevue , West Seattle

Z2 reviews

3.0

52% would recommend to a friend

(38 total reviews)

Lou Fasulo

54% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.0

Culture & values

2.7

Work/Life balance

2.7

Compensation and benefits

2.6

Career opportunities

2.5

Senior management

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).

Reviews by job title

38 reviews

3.0

Dec 11, 2016

Good people, uncertain direction

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Some great people to work with. Genuine desire to make truly awesome games. Some weekly catered meals. Very open communication polices around company direction and progress. Recent efforts to improve prototyping processes.

Cons

Can feel a bit clique-y with various groups supporting their own. While there is a desire to make awesome games, there isn't really a clear vision of how to achieve that. Often that leads to design-by-committee and iterating game features on engineering.

4.0

Nov 29, 2016

New Games new fun

Production

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great new games in the pipe, new leaders and talent coming in...finally some the old gaurd has left. Great office, great benefits bright future with Kings support

Cons

not always as clear on studio goals and how they tie to bigger King goals.

3.0

Aug 25, 2016

It's alright, could be a lot better.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- The people you work with are great. - Lots of parties (at least when I was there) - Fully stoked kitchen - Lots of games - Lunches twice a week - Pretty good work/life balance

Cons

- Leadership team is misguided - Not a lot of room to continue to grow - Honestly, I can't believe some of the senior management is still there, considering they were the ones that sunk the boat for everyone to get laid off. - Implemented features without polishing or debugging old ones, making titles with significant amount of technical debt. - People literally disappeared, one day you were working with them, the next you're not - terrible company policy. - They said they listened to the people in the trenches, but not really.

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