You get the text. You start calling. Johnny doesn't pick up. Sarah can't today. Tim goes to voicemail. Maria finally says yes at 6:20.
20 minutes. 4 calls. Wide awake now.
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Somebody's not coming in. Now what?
The shift still needs covered. Workly shows you who's most likely to say yes, asks them for you, and updates the schedule when they do. You never pick up the phone.
You already know this feeling
It's 6 AM and your phone buzzes.
Maybe they're sick. Maybe the babysitter fell through. The reason doesn't matter. You still need that shift covered, and every manager with hourly workers knows this drill. A local restaurant owner described exactly this to us. So we built Workly.
Without Workly · 6:02 AM
With Workly · 6:02 AM
Tim can't make it, so he sends it through Workly instead of texting you. You get the three people most likely to say yes. Tap one, or let Workly ask them in order. They accept. The schedule updates.
One tap. Zero calls.
How Workly works
It starts with the schedule.
Build your schedule in Workly, and every shift after that teaches it something.
- Someone needs offThey ask in Workly, not by calling or texting you.
- You get a heads-upYou see who's free and who's most likely to say yes.
- You pick, or Workly doesYou decide. Once you trust the picks, let it send them for you.
- They get askedNo answer? It moves on to the next person.
- Shift coveredThe schedule updates for everyone.
It gets smarter every time
It learns what your best manager already knows.
Johnny always says yes on Tuesdays. Sarah likes mornings. Tim only picks up if you ask before 7. A good manager carries that around in their head. Workly learns it from what actually happens, and it never forgets.
Each worker builds a record: do they show up, pick up shifts, turn them down, call out, and how fast do they answer? Managers see it, workers see their own, and nobody outside your business does. Your team's information is never shared with anyone, including other businesses on Workly.
It keeps things fair, too. Workly tracks who's been asked the most and who hasn't been asked in weeks, so you don't run the same person into the ground because they always say yes. And the folks who show up finally have a record that proves it.
Who it's for
Businesses that run on shifts.
Restaurants, hotels, taverns, dental offices, shops, warehouses. If your team works in shifts and every callout turns you into a switchboard, Workly was built for you.
What's next
A network of proven workers.
When your team can't cover a shift, a proven worker from a partner business can, with their track record in front of you first. Verified clock-in and clock-out that flows into payroll comes with it. Both are designed; we'll build them out as more businesses run Workly.
Run a staffing agency?
Workly works for agencies too: reliability records for every worker you place, and proof your clients can see.
We're looking for Workly's next partner.
If you run on shifts and want a say in what Workly becomes, let's talk. It's a monthly plan, hosted and supported by us, and we'll show it to you running.