Zynga May Have Just Laid Off 100+ Employees From Its Austin Office
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#2That ship is sinking fast. Heart goes out to those who are now out of work, but a part of me can't help but be glad that the "exploitative spamming social games" market might be dealt a mortal wound.
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#3Good to see Zynga starting to focus on profitability ...
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#4Also rumored to have shut down their Boston and Chicago offices.
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#5The general consensus is that they timed it to coincide with Apple's announcement, so that the news of them laying off employees would be buried by all the Apple press.
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#6Farmville was a great social game and their Words with Friends acquisition was very good... then they started making Farmville clones, blatantly ripping off competitor's games, and paid $200 million for Draw Something.
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#7During the Apple event, no less. Maybe I'm very cynical, but that seems like a deliberate attempt to bury the story.
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#8Way to try sweep it under the rug by announcing it during all of Apple's product news. Classy act Zynga.
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#9Not a big surprise, especially after having spoken to a few people that have worked at Zynga before. High turnover of employees, quality over quantity, etc. Can't say I'll miss their products or their techniques.
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#10sorry for those who lost their jobs.
meanwhile I'm happy to see any gaming software company die in the dust.