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Construction & General Labor

ShiftSee for general contractors.

Small residential renovations. Day crews. 'Need 4 guys tomorrow' intent. ShiftSee is the platform for hiring the crew you need that day.

The moment that matters

A small contractor running a 3-crew reno can't stop when one guy doesn't show.

Monday morning. You're running a residential reno — ripping out a kitchen, rebuilding from the studs. Your crew of 4 planned. One just didn't show up — no call, no text. You've got tile going in tomorrow, drywall today. You need a body by 9 AM or the whole day is behind.

ShiftSee is built for exactly this moment — and for every shift you run between now and the next one.

What you get

One platform. Every workflow.

Multi-skilled laborer pool

Shifters flag their skills: framing, drywall, painting, demolition, etc.

Same-day crew coverage

Broadcast Shifts to all qualified connected laborers. First to show wins.

Tools-on-site flag

Shifters indicate whether they bring their own tools.

WHMIS and site safety

Provincial safety certifications visible on profiles.

Typical roles and rates

Who works on ShiftSee in this industry.

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
General laborer $22-32/hr $24-34/hr $20-32/hr
Framer / Carpenter helper $24-35/hr $26-38/hr $24-38/hr
Skilled carpenter $28-42/hr $30-45/hr $28-45/hr
Demolition crew $22-34/hr $24-36/hr $22-36/hr

Why ShiftSee works here

Same people. Same places. Work gets better.

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

You can be running this week.

  1. 01

    Sign up your business

    (free). 2 minutes.

  2. 02

    Invite your regular crew.

    Everyone you'd text first when a shift opens up. They sign up, connect to you, and they're ready.

  3. 03

    Run your first shift.

    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.

Try it this week.

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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