Trusted ushers and greeters
Build a roster of service support staff who've worked visitations before and carry themselves with the dignity the work requires.
Events & Catering
Service support, ushers, greeters, facility care. Funeral homes carry shift coverage needs nobody talks about publicly.
The moment that matters
A family is making arrangements for a loved one who passed unexpectedly. The visitation is tomorrow afternoon — 3 PM to 8 PM. You need four experienced ushers who know how to greet grieving families, direct traffic, manage the guest book, and handle the quiet hundred things that make a service run smoothly. Your regular rotation is spread across three other services this week.
ShiftSee is built for exactly this moment — and for every shift you run between now and the next one.
What you get
Build a roster of service support staff who've worked visitations before and carry themselves with the dignity the work requires.
Regular services — weekly mass, grief support groups, memorial events — can all flow through the standard ShiftSee schedule.
Housekeeping between services, grounds care, chapel setup and breakdown — all scheduled on one platform.
Unexpected death means unexpected scheduling. Broadcast Shifts handle the rushed 24-48 hour arrangements without scrambling.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service usher / Greeter | $20-26/hr | $22-30/hr | $20-30/hr |
| Visitation support | $20-26/hr | $22-30/hr | $20-30/hr |
| Facility cleaner / Housekeeper | $20-26/hr | $22-30/hr | $19-28/hr |
| Grounds staff | $19-25/hr | $21-28/hr | $18-26/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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