Craft cocktail skill tracking
Bartenders list their cocktail experience, certifications (USBG, etc.), and portfolio.
Bars, Pubs & Nightlife
Craft cocktails, trained bartenders, customers who know their drinks. When your lead bartender can't make it, you need coverage at the skill level your bar requires.
The moment that matters
Thursday 6 PM. Your lead bartender is sick. Your cocktail menu has 22 drinks, most of them requiring specific technique — shaking vs. stirring, proper dilution, the right glassware, infused ingredients you make in-house. A generic bartender can pour beer and wine but can't run your menu.
ShiftSee is built for exactly this moment — and for every shift you run between now and the next one.
What you get
Bartenders list their cocktail experience, certifications (USBG, etc.), and portfolio.
Find specific bartenders whose skill matches your menu. Send direct shift requests, negotiate rate.
Craft bartenders know their worth. Native negotiation lets them charge for their skill.
A bartender's rating across every cocktail bar they've worked is visible before you accept them.
Typical roles and rates
Typical shifter rates by role and region. Rates are always negotiable on ShiftSee — the numbers below are where most shifts land.
| Role | Vancouver Island | BC Metro | Los Angeles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craft bartender (with tips) | $28-55/hr | $32-65/hr | $28-65/hr |
| Bartender (with tips) | $24-45/hr | $28-55/hr | $25-55/hr |
| Barback | $17.85-23/hr | $18-26/hr | $17-24/hr |
| Server (cocktail focus, with tips) | $22-38/hr | $25-45/hr | $22-45/hr |
Why ShiftSee works here
Most of your shift work isn't new work. It's the same work, done again. The same weekend crew. The same specialty staff for peak events. The same closers on a Friday night. ShiftSee is built for that reality — every connection you make gets stronger the more you use it, and every shifter's rating and reliability follows them across every business they work with. After six months, you've built a trusted private crew that compounds in value month over month.
Getting started
(free). 2 minutes.
Everyone you'd text first when a shift opens up. They sign up, connect to you, and they're ready.
Schedule one. Broadcast one. Whatever hurts most.
Pat Rousseau, our co-founder, personally onboards every new business in the first 60 days. He'll walk you through setup, answer questions, and stay available by text during your first week live.
No subscription. No setup fees. You only pay when a shift happens. If ShiftSee saves you a single bad-day disaster, it's paid for itself several times over.
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