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

Nov 15, 2019

Great Workplace with a few Hiccups

Associate game designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Good work culture. - Growth opportunities. - Health benefits. - High tech office.

Cons

- Low to medium pay. - Benefits sometimes have lax standards (have found diluted yoghurt at meals etc.)

4.0

Sep 15, 2019

Satisfactory wage, but stressful usually

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good wage friendly environment with smart people perfect lunch good office location

Cons

stressful sometimes only product decisions matter

5.0

Jul 8, 2019

One of the best place to work for

Cloudops manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Employee first HR policies 2. Very aesthetically designed workspace 3. Games are moving towards multi-cloud infrastructure. A lot of learning opportunities 4. Containerization is on its way, again a lot of DevOps learning. 5. US counterpart is very supportive and helpful. Very healthy learning environment. 6. Very supportive management, open door policy, always open for suggestions. 7. Employee friendly leave structure (maternity/Paternity/privileged) 8. Options for inter-team transfer and different site locations. 9. Free food/snacks/refreshments /goodies 10. Competitive pay and company stocks (RSU)

Cons

No cab facility for office commute

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