Zynga stock plummets below value of its cash and real estate

Re:Zynga stock plummets below value of its cash and real estate by rockarage on Wednesday October 10, 2012 @11:49PM (#4639282)

Totally, and there was a familiar line, around tech circles, it goes like this "Friends don't let friends work at Zynga".

And let's not forget.

“I did every horrible thing in the book just to get revenues,” -Mark Pincus

It's unfortunate the empolyees were not paying attention to what their CEO and Company was saying and doing.

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Re:Zynga stock plummets below value of its cash and real estate by raverbashing on Thursday October 11, 2012 @04:37AM (#4640023)

It's unfortunate the employees were not paying attention to what their CEO and Company was saying and doing.

This. Stop coding for a moment and pay attention to the surroundings.

What makes you think a person that's unethical to their customers is going to be ethical to their employees?

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Re:Zynga stock plummets below value of its cash and real estate by equalarrow on Thursday October 11, 2012 @12:10AM (#4639338)

100% spot on. Yah, super sux that (as usual) the top execs ride on the backs of everyone else, cash out, and buy fat crib in Pac Heights. But then again, what do you expect when the ceo is so blatant about the culture there? That sentence says it all, anyone can see it.

So, sorry folks u got screwed, but it's, literally a house of cards. Everyone early and vc that put their money in, I'd a happy camper..

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Re:Zynga stock plummets below value of its cash and real estate by r00fus on Thursday October 11, 2012 @01:28AM (#4639563)

Let's not get caught up in the morals of what Pincus said.

It's even against your self interest - you work for a boss who acts like that, and they'll throw you under the bus pretty quickly just as well.

And that boss will hire folks who think like (s)he does also.

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Re:Zynga stock plummets below value of its cash and real estate by infinii on Thursday October 11, 2012 @03:14AM (#4639833)

When your project manager shows you a Top 25 game from the AppStore and tells you to Zynga-ify (blatantly copy it), you should know you're dealing with scum of the earth.

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Re:Zynga stock plummets below value of its cash and real estate by r00fus on Thursday October 11, 2012 @01:26AM (#4639556)

Let's not get caught up in the morals of what Pincus said.

It's the moral hazard - you work for a boss who acts like that, and they'll throw you under the bus pretty quickly just as well.

And that boss will hire folks who think like (s)he does also.

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