WASHINGTON — Arlington, Virginia-based hourly work jobs site Snag is launching a new service in D.C. that connects people looking for hourly work with different companies that have open shifts to fill.
Snag Work was launched last year in Richmond, Virginia. The company says its on-demand platform instantly connects workers with open shifts at various employers, such as restaurants, hotels and retailers.
It also says on average, Snag Work fills 90 percent of shift requests and 70 percent of shifts are filled in just minutes. It says thousands of shifts have been worked each month on the Snag Work platform in Richmond.
The idea is straight forward. People who want hourly work are vetted and matched with skills, or “badged” as Snag Work calls it. These include barista skills, retail, hospitality or food service skills. Workers are then matched with open shifts that fit their skills.
That means you could be making coffee at Starbucks one day, and running the cash register at a hardware store the next.
“It’s ideal for workers who may have a job but want more hours, or for folks who need hours that fit around their schedules, or for people who like variety and like doing different things each day,” Snag CEO Peter Harrison told WTOP.
“Workers simply tell us their availability, and as soon as a shift becomes available we send texts to workers who match and they can claim the shift, check in, check out, rate and get paid in real time,” Harrison said.
Companies that are working with the Snag Work platform in Washington range from small, independent restaurants and retailers to big national chains. It is adding sports venues as part of its Washington market launch.
An estimated 60 percent of the American workforce is hourly and an overwhelming number of hourly workers consider themselves underemployed, or not getting enough work to cover living expenses.”
