diff --git a/src/Gang/Gang.ts b/src/Gang/Gang.ts
index 358e3c9ba..fed1e6a58 100644
--- a/src/Gang/Gang.ts
+++ b/src/Gang/Gang.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ import { PowerMultiplier } from "./data/power";
 import { FactionName } from "@enums";
 import { CONSTANTS } from "../Constants";
 
+export enum RecruitmentResult {
+  Success = "Success",
+  EmptyName = "Member name cannot be an empty string",
+  DuplicatedName = "This name was used",
+  ExceedMaxNumber = "Your gang recruited maximum number of members",
+  NotEnoughRespect = "Your gang does not have enough respect to recruit more members",
+}
+
 export const GangPromise: PromisePair<number> = { promise: null, resolve: null };
 
 export class Gang {
@@ -301,9 +309,14 @@ export class Gang {
     }
   }
 
-  canRecruitMember(): boolean {
-    if (this.members.length >= GangConstants.MaximumGangMembers) return false;
-    return this.respect >= this.respectForNextRecruit();
+  canRecruitMember(): RecruitmentResult {
+    if (this.members.length >= GangConstants.MaximumGangMembers) {
+      return RecruitmentResult.ExceedMaxNumber;
+    }
+    if (this.respect < this.respectForNextRecruit()) {
+      return RecruitmentResult.NotEnoughRespect;
+    }
+    return RecruitmentResult.Success;
   }
 
   /** @returns The respect threshold needed for the next member recruitment. Infinity if already at or above max members. */
@@ -327,17 +340,24 @@ export class Gang {
     return Math.min(membersRecruitabile, GangConstants.MaximumGangMembers) - this.members.length;
   }
 
-  recruitMember(name: string): boolean {
-    name = String(name);
-    if (name === "" || !this.canRecruitMember()) return false;
+  recruitMember(name: string): RecruitmentResult {
+    if (name === "") {
+      return RecruitmentResult.EmptyName;
+    }
+
+    const resultOfCheckingIfGangCanRecruitMember = this.canRecruitMember();
+    if (resultOfCheckingIfGangCanRecruitMember !== RecruitmentResult.Success) {
+      return resultOfCheckingIfGangCanRecruitMember;
+    }
 
     // Check for already-existing names
-    const sameNames = this.members.filter((m) => m.name === name);
-    if (sameNames.length >= 1) return false;
+    if (this.members.some((m) => m.name === name)) {
+      return RecruitmentResult.DuplicatedName;
+    }
 
     const member = new GangMember(name);
     this.members.push(member);
-    return true;
+    return RecruitmentResult.Success;
   }
 
   // Money and Respect gains multiplied by this number (< 1)
diff --git a/src/Gang/ui/RecruitButton.tsx b/src/Gang/ui/RecruitButton.tsx
index 98658e0d0..46e1b3675 100644
--- a/src/Gang/ui/RecruitButton.tsx
+++ b/src/Gang/ui/RecruitButton.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { useGang } from "./Context";
 import Typography from "@mui/material/Typography";
 import Button from "@mui/material/Button";
 import Box from "@mui/material/Box";
+import { RecruitmentResult } from "../Gang";
 
 interface IProps {
   onRecruit: () => void;
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ export function RecruitButton(props: IProps): React.ReactElement {
   const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
   const recruitsAvailable = gang.getRecruitsAvailable();
 
-  if (!gang.canRecruitMember()) {
+  if (gang.canRecruitMember() !== RecruitmentResult.Success) {
     const respectNeeded = gang.respectForNextRecruit();
     return (
       <Box display="flex" alignItems="center" sx={{ mx: 1 }}>
diff --git a/src/Gang/ui/RecruitModal.tsx b/src/Gang/ui/RecruitModal.tsx
index 0a1092ef9..e25dd7c8a 100644
--- a/src/Gang/ui/RecruitModal.tsx
+++ b/src/Gang/ui/RecruitModal.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import Typography from "@mui/material/Typography";
 import TextField from "@mui/material/TextField";
 import Button from "@mui/material/Button";
 import { KEY } from "../../utils/helpers/keyCodes";
+import { RecruitmentResult } from "../Gang";
 
 interface IRecruitPopupProps {
   open: boolean;
@@ -18,13 +19,14 @@ export function RecruitModal(props: IRecruitPopupProps): React.ReactElement {
   const gang = useGang();
   const [name, setName] = useState("");
 
-  const disabled = name === "" || !gang.canRecruitMember();
+  const disabled = name === "" || gang.canRecruitMember() !== RecruitmentResult.Success;
   function recruit(): void {
-    if (disabled) return;
-    // At this point, the only way this can fail is if you already
-    // have a gang member with the same name
-    if (!gang.recruitMember(name) && name !== "") {
-      dialogBoxCreate("You already have a gang member with this name!");
+    if (disabled) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const result = gang.recruitMember(name);
+    if (result !== RecruitmentResult.Success) {
+      dialogBoxCreate(result);
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/NetscriptFunctions/Gang.ts b/src/NetscriptFunctions/Gang.ts
index 3ea4c752d..c0995865b 100644
--- a/src/NetscriptFunctions/Gang.ts
+++ b/src/NetscriptFunctions/Gang.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type { GangMember } from "../Gang/GangMember";
 import type { GangMemberTask } from "../Gang/GangMemberTask";
 import type { InternalAPI, NetscriptContext } from "../Netscript/APIWrapper";
 
-import { GangPromise } from "../Gang/Gang";
+import { GangPromise, RecruitmentResult } from "../Gang/Gang";
 import { Player } from "@player";
 import { FactionName } from "@enums";
 import { GangConstants } from "../Gang/data/Constants";
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export function NetscriptGang(): InternalAPI<IGang> {
     },
     canRecruitMember: (ctx) => () => {
       const gang = getGang(ctx);
-      return gang.canRecruitMember();
+      return gang.canRecruitMember() === RecruitmentResult.Success;
     },
     getRecruitsAvailable: (ctx) => () => {
       const gang = getGang(ctx);
@@ -173,20 +173,13 @@ export function NetscriptGang(): InternalAPI<IGang> {
     recruitMember: (ctx) => (_memberName) => {
       const memberName = helpers.string(ctx, "memberName", _memberName);
       const gang = getGang(ctx);
-      const recruited = gang.recruitMember(memberName);
-      if (memberName === "") {
-        ctx.workerScript.log("gang.recruitMember", () => `Failed to recruit Gang Member. Name must be provided.`);
+      const result = gang.recruitMember(memberName);
+      if (result !== RecruitmentResult.Success) {
+        ctx.workerScript.log("gang.recruitMember", () => `Failed to recruit gang member '${memberName}'. ${result}.`);
         return false;
-      } else if (recruited) {
-        ctx.workerScript.log("gang.recruitMember", () => `Successfully recruited Gang Member '${memberName}'`);
-        return recruited;
-      } else {
-        ctx.workerScript.log(
-          "gang.recruitMember",
-          () => `Failed to recruit Gang Member '${memberName}'. Name already used.`,
-        );
-        return recruited;
       }
+      ctx.workerScript.log("gang.recruitMember", () => `Successfully recruited gang member '${memberName}'`);
+      return true;
     },
     getTaskNames: (ctx) => () => {
       const gang = getGang(ctx);