Hence, often they have two jobs. The lower economic class in this country is worked to the bone and just scrapes by.
The Zynga employee who is going to make $0 (or negative if they exercised unvested) options is still much better off: a) they have a job and b) they are still likely very hireable if their job disappears.
The folks at Facebook should probably be a bit more worried - Zynga and Facebook have been close and without the symbiotic relationship, Facebook's appeal is much diminished - lots of my social gaming dev friends are now working on mobile freemium games, for example.
I don't see this connection. Facebook is a lot bigger than the games platform. They appeared and then died off as a fad within my friend group, and aren't really used anymore.
The Zynga employee who is going to make $0 (or negative if they exercised unvested) options is still much better off: a) they have a job and b) they are still likely very hireable if their job disappears.
The folks at Facebook should probably be a bit more worried - Zynga and Facebook have been close and without the symbiotic relationship, Facebook's appeal is much diminished - lots of my social gaming dev friends are now working on mobile freemium games, for example.