Pros
It's incredible to be surrounded by smart people in a growth mindset everyday, looking at how we can make things a little better today than they were yesterday. There is lots of space for thinking big and taking calculated risks. Gigster's internal design team is working to solve complex problems collaboratively, shaping products, tools, and frameworks that support beneficial experiences for customers, our global network, and internal teams. One of the most exciting reasons to come in every day is the chance to build tools that help empower freelance knowledge workers to do their best work wherever they are in the world, while supporting our enterprise clients' custom software needs. Designers at Gigster HQ have a chance to work on everything from user research to brand design to UI design to shipping production code + see lots of users around the world engage with what we make. Challenge and impact are two of the most important things to have as a professional and Gigster provides those opportunities framed in a distinct vision for the future of software development.
Cons
Tendency to spend a little too much time on (admittedly) nice things today that won't necessarily contribute to long term company success.