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Gimo Employee Review
Closest thing to a sweatshop I've worked in, all rammed together like battery-farm chickens supporting websites that encourage people to gamble.
PHP developer working backend (Former Employee) - Southwark, UK - 17 February 2022
Everyone starts at the same time and must clock in. Everyone takes a break at the same time because that's the rule. There's nowhere to go so we sprawl along the street, each in our own clique according to nationality. The work is tedious and low paid. Almost everyone there is from another country, probably recent immigrants to the UK who are unaware that they're being underpaid.
Pros
Free pizza once a month. Free drink dispenser.
Cons
Long hours, tedious work, Owners too cheap to provide a decent development space so we were working on a LIVE site, Tech Lead was unhelpful and abrasive, Accessible toilet was up a flight of stairs (WTF?)
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2.0 out of 5 stars for Work/Life Balance
2.0 out of 5 stars for Salary/Benefits
2.0 out of 5 stars for Job security/advancement
1.0 out of 5 stars for Management
1.0 out of 5 stars for Culture
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Games Manager (Former Employee) - Southwark, Greater London - 9 September 2019
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Graphic Designer (Former Employee) - London, Greater London - 12 July 2023
It was quite fun and the amount of work was well distributed but until everything went wrong. One of the art directors was pushing for the completion of an unrealistic amount of taks, completely unconcerned about people's dissatisfaction with him. For him it was more important to please the management.
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