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
4.0
Jan 28, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people here were incredible. Tons of talent all very passionate; it was a joy to work with everyone. The games that Z2 developed were real games for mobile, not these skinner boxes that are dominating the market. Z2 makes really cool games. They mostly cared about their customers, there was a few places were they could have cared a bit more, but overall it was a positive view of customers. The art teams were 1000% incredible. I didn't work on the art teams but working with the artists was fantastic. The art director was superb. The designers were really cool and hilarious people. Company parties were fantastic places to socialize with everyone. Location is so amazing, right next to Pike's Place Market and so many delicious restaurants.

Cons

First off, they gave way too much power to the PMs. The PMs were pretty good overall, but there was a very us vs them culture and they always got the final word. During my employment we worked a crazy amount of hours, we loved our projects so we put it in however we probably worked more crunch hours than regular hours.

2.0
Nov 30, 2014

Tons of potential but getting in the way of themselves

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of very talented passionate people, good pay / benefits

Cons

Many members of the management are very green and don't know how to develop their junior talent often putting them in higher roles over seasoned industry staff. Products are not very diverse nor does the company seem to want to foster expanding upon existing ip by trying other directions.

4.0
Nov 28, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Products we have been working on for the past year really look and play amazing Finally have the right leadership in place, took a while to get the right right mix of leaders. We have hired some really smart and talented people in the past 6 months...good to see us able to attract people with really great experience. 2014 is much more inclusive, seems like they really want or input on how the company is run, but more importantly how the games are made.

Cons

People leaving...we still loose 1-2 people every month..its sad to see someone leave, but at the same time we have hired some really amazing people to replace them. Its mobile, lots of iteration..I was not ready for the amount of direction change that happens. Im not sure its a Con, but you really need to be ready to have throwaway work.

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