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"I did every horrible thing in the book to, just to get revenues right away. I mean we gave our users poker chips if they downloaded this zwinky toolbar which w
by AVTizzle 14y ago
"I did every horrible thing in the book to, just to get revenues right away. I mean we gave our users poker chips if they downloaded this zwinky toolbar which was like, I dont know, I downloaded it once and couldn’t get rid of it. laughs We did anything possible just to just get revenues so that we could grow and be a real business…"
http://techcrunch.com/2009/11/06/zynga-scamville-mark-pinkus-faceboo/ http://techcrunch.com/2009/11/06/zynga-scamville-mark-pinkus...
Not to mention the stock option scandal [1], and notoriously horrible working conditions [2]. I haven't met the guy, but it seems to me like the ship he runs is pretty fucked.
[1] http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57322150-17/zynga-to-employees-give-back-our-stock-or-youll-be-fired/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57322150-17/zynga-to-emplo...
[2] http://www.itworld.com/software/228383/more-why-it-sucks-work-zynga http://www.itworld.com/software/228383/more-why-it-sucks-wor...
- jfisk87 14y agonotoriously horrible working conditions? really? I work here, interact with plenty of the teams and it is very far from horrible. Yes things get a little hectic when deadlines are due but thats the nature of things. Zynga cant teach you a work life balance, you do, and that seems to be respected by managers.
- AVTizzle 14y agoEven if I gave you that I'd still be 2 for 3. Zynga would still suck and Pincus would still be a bastard.
- wpietri 14y agoZynga is notorious for it. E.g.: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/zyngas-tough-culture-risks-a-talent-drain/ http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/zyngas-tough-culture-...