Zynga, maker of the popular game Farmville, could be the growth of the company is no longer able to keep up. Employees complain that they are too long to work. Some would consider to be immediately after the ipo to leave.
The workers mainly complain about long working days and stressful deadlines. That is, according to them, by the pressure caused by the substantial growth of the company. There is also Zynga from various ‘islands’, each responsible for a different game. That leads allegedly to a cluttered work environment. This is evident from the mails that are in the possession of The New York Times.
The complaint of the employees is probably due to the rapid growth of the spelletjesmaker. Within four years, the Farmville-maker, a monthly range of between 200 and 300 million users is realized, mainly through Facebook. Zynga wants that growth to hold through with an ipo more money to get it. That money, the company wants to use for more games.
Some employees fear that the pressure of work it further up, something which previously also was complained. At the beginning of 2009 were thirty people fired, because they do not would perform. In the same year, watched the company also critical of the occupation. Employees who have the pressure to high found, could choose to do a different function with the same salary or dismissal.
Zynga ceo Mark Pincus recognizes the problems. He says, however, they are not only to be able to solve. Now would competitors air have gotten the tempers. They are after the ipo several employees to get them to come to work, writes The New York Times.
Zynga is the most well-known of the Facebook-game Farmville. Also other games are on the social networking site offered. Zynga has signed a contract with Facebook. The estimated value of the spelletjesmaker ranges from 10 billion to 20 billion dollars. In July, it was announced that Zynga into the stock market.