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Zynga's new chief exec Don Mattrick is shaking things up in management at the social gaming firm, which apparently includes getting rid of a number of top senior execs. Chief technology officer Cadir Lee, chief operating officer David Ko and chief people officer Colleen McCreary are all leaving the firm that makes Farmville, …

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  1. JDX Gold badge

    Chief People Officer

    Huh?

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Chief People Officer

      My sentiments precisely.

      Please tell me that this is a Reg-ism for chief HR drone and not a real job title ... although having worked for a Merkin company in the past I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised if it is.

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      1. Blackbird74
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        Re: Chief People Officer

        Yeah, it is a standard Merkin title for Head of Human Remains.

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        1. Euripides Pants
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          Nope, this is a new one. Hope it doesn't catch on...

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          1. Abot13
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            Re: Chief People Officer

            CPO and the other two C functions to be combined. New job title C3PO

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    2. bahaelaila7
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      No dude, it's Chief Pokémon Officer

      This is a gaming firm.

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      1. Anonymous Coward
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        Nononononono ... not Pokemon. Trademarks and all that ...

        Surely you mean 'Monsterville'

        <--- FAIL .. because Zynga deserve to do just that.

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  2. h3

    This is the type of company that would suit Icahn down to the ground. (And he could do what he wanted without annoying anybody).

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  3. Anonymous Coward 101

    What were they doing before now if they could be dismissed with such impunity?

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    1. MJI Silver badge
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      Not much I expect

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      1. Jediben
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        Joke

        Probably filming a meeting.

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    2. Tom 35
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      Divert cash to bonuses. Hold meetings. Send each other Powerpoint slide sets.

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  4. rcorrect

    Isn't this the company that makes its fortunes on free games? Never mind, I have a family member who paid for Farmville.

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    1. MJI Silver badge
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      Costs

      Actually if you pay for Fartville it could cost substantially more than what you pay to play a proper game, even a new AAA console game.

      I used the AAA console for the price - easy £40.

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  5. Busby

    Even more than Facebook I never understood the value. People are fickle and quick to move onto the next thing.

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  6. asdf

    good call

    Generally the majority of senior executives in a software company do nothing but eat up the bonus pool (see EA). What Zynga really needs is some decent new games people will pay for.

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    1. ecofeco Silver badge
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      New games? We know this already, but they've lost their mojo.

      In fact, they were just caught plagiarizing recently, weren't they?

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      1. Alan Brown Silver badge
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        Re: good call

        ALL of Zynga's output has been plagarism.

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    2. Fatman
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      Not quite!

      Generally the majority of senior executives in a software company do nothing but eat up the bonus pool increase the salary and wages expense, at the expense of the rank and file employees (see EA).

      FTFY

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