Wedding-experienced shifters
Event staff who've worked weddings specifically — not generic event crew. Different skill, different expectations.
Events & Catering
Saturday-heavy, high-stakes, everything matters. When a staff member drops on the day of a wedding, ShiftSee finds coverage before the ceremony starts.
The moment that matters
Saturday 2 PM. Wedding ceremony at 4, reception through 11. Your venue coordinator's assistant — who was supposed to run setup — just had a car accident on the way in. Nobody's hurt but she's not coming. Setup is supposed to finish by 3 PM. You've got chairs to place, the head table to dress, and the bar to stock.
ShiftSee is built for exactly this moment — and for every shift you run between now and the next one.
What you get
Event staff who've worked weddings specifically — not generic event crew. Different skill, different expectations.
Broadcast Shifts built for the 2-hour-before-ceremony panic. Most wedding emergency shifts fill in under 30 minutes.
Need 2 servers + 1 bartender + setup crew for Saturday? Post all three roles as one event.
Your wedding clients don't see the scramble. Coverage arrives, setup happens, the day runs.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Event server | $20-34/hr | $22-38/hr | $20-38/hr |
| Event bartender | $25-45/hr | $28-50/hr | $25-50/hr |
| Setup / Teardown crew | $19-27/hr | $21-30/hr | $19-30/hr |
| Event coordinator / Service lead | $24-35/hr | $26-40/hr | $24-40/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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