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"As of March 31, Zynga had 1,858 employees -- 64% of whom have been there less than one year. More than 90% of Zynga's staff has been with the company for less than two years."

Has any other company in recent history grown this fast?? Did Facebook or Myspace grow this quick?

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The story I've heard to explain this is that it isn't the growth rate so much as the turnover. I have friends who joined Zynga straight out of college (Berkeley) and are looking around for something new a year later, now that they have some vesting in their options. It really doesn't sound like a pleasant place to work -- I was told eighty-hour weeks are the norm.

That said, Groupon has something like 8,000 employees, most of whom were hired in the last two years.

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