Gigster Reviews 7

DO NOT USE.
I’m an independent award winning filmmaker and professor of film. In my opinion; gigster is just another large poorly ran, greed driven company, only established for the wealthiest of creators or studio driven projects of this town.
A direct detriment to the independent filmmaker. No oversight, no transparency no accountability, no integrity.

Avoid this company it’s A Scam!

I had a very negative experience with Gigster, the project manager offered me a typing job and promised to pay $1,500 for completing 50 pages of work within 2 days. After I finished the job, he directed me to the payment manager he is slow to respond and he asked for my personal details I gave him my name and my phone number so he can send my money through western union and he suddenly demanded a $50 "linking fee" to release my payment via Western Union. This fee was never mentioned upfront, and it felt like an obvious scam.

They also sent me an email claiming that my payment was pending and would only be processed once I paid the fee.
This company is dishonest and manipulative. They don’t honor their agreements or treat their workers fairly. I strongly advise anyone considering working with them to stay away to avoid being scammed like I was.

Don't spend your time. Scammers!

Even after 100% completion of all tasks, you will get the next automated message
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We hope this message finds you well. Thank you for your disposition and for your patience during this process. It's been a pleasure getting to know you through your application and resume.

We wanted to provide you with an update regarding the role you applied for. Our team has reevaluated the demands of the position, and it has taken a new path. While your qualifications and experience are truly impressive, we find ourselves in a situation where the current needs have shifted, prompting us to pursue an alternative direction.

Please, know that this decision doesn't reflect on your abilities or potential in any way. We truly believe in your talent and would like to keep the door open for future opportunities with us.

Your previous application has been noted, and we will extend an invitation for you to resume your selection process when the position is open again.

We want to express our heartfelt appreciation for your interest and for considering us as part of your career journey.

Wishing you all the best on your search and hoping to connect soon!

Best regards,
Gigster Recruiting Team
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Haha, what a joke. I don't mind technical tests that cover problem solving or algorithms. I don't mind being validated on system design. I don't mind being tested on stuff that is actually relevant to my field as a software developer and that I'm supposed to be sharp on. But when a company's assessment consists in a series of these supposedly IQ-measuring multiple choices, you know you're dealing with either amateurs or scammers. Either way it's a waste of time. You're given 50 of these types of questions to answer in 15 minutes. That's 18 seconds per question, including reading what you're expected to do, analyzing some sequence, then selecting from a set of possible answer the correct or odd one out. Guess who's good at this type of tests? People who trained on this type of questions. Guess who train at this type of questions? Not programmers. Programmers train at being better programmers. Basically, the test sets you up to fail. Why would the network do this? Well, there are precedents. Previous companies that have done this was because either they did not have the jobs they advertised, or they wanted to hype their rejection numbers (to show clients that they have the famous magical 3% cream of the crops), or they're scamming their investors, showing activity, while underneath doing no work. I know where I'm leaning regarding Gigster.

How about you guys stop polluting search results on linkedin? Yes, your jobs are remote, I get it. Doesn't mean you can put 3 pages of the same job for every village. Get a grip.

Never trust a company that sends irrelevant assesment tests to web developers. Awful experience, no personalization in the process, I think they just want to scam both engineers + clients. Stay away

Stay away from this company!

Do not ever find Gigster to do your web development!! They are so incompetence and unable to finish a simple project. Then when they made some mistakes, they intent to charge you with more $$ to fix the bugs they did which is ridiculous!! The Product Manager sucks too, he promised everything when wanted to deal the business with you but unable to build a product at the end. The quality is poor because they simply outsourced to other freelancers, which is usually subpar and hard to communicate!!!