The essential staffing app for local businesses

Fill staffing gaps reliably with a roster of skilled shift workers.

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Positions We Serve

We specialize in hospitality, culinary, and light industrial skills.
Learn how we vet the best below.

Hospitality

Bartender

Event server

Busser

Concessions

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Food

Dishwasher

Runner

Cook

Sanitation

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Warehousing

General labor

Picker/Packer

Merchandising

Warehouse

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Trusted by thousands of small and large businesses

Proven

Tap into our wide network of highly-rated, veteran professionals.

Each professional is reviewed and reference-checked
Their resume grows as they get rated
Your favorites get first pick of your shifts

Dependable

We use high-tech to be more high-touch. That’s how professionals show up on-time and prepared.

Professionals use the app to review details and confirm attendance ahead of time
Live support uses GPS tracking to proactively monitor shifts for you
Stay in-the-know with real-time updates

Hassle-Free

Instawork makes staffing a breeze. That’s one less thing to think about. We handle:

Matching, time-tracking, and paying staff
Insurance protection against personal injury or property damage claims. Learn more
Both 1099 and W-2 employment types

Flexible pricing to attract the best

Set rates to vary for last-minute requests, holidays, and select areas.

What’s included

Billing and worker payments
Occupational Accident Insurance and taxes
Live support available 7 days a week

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How do you benefit from using Instawork?

1

Expands my staffing network
57%
2

Save time on staffing
54%
2

Get peace of mind
42%

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Instawork should be in every business’ staffing toolkit. I’ve been able to quickly build my go-to roster of reliable warehouse workers.

Kevin Li
Co-founder at Farmstead Grocery App

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The level of professionalism and dedication of the workers Instawork has sent us is excellent, far better than any agency we have used.

Rob March
Bel-Air Bay Club

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Coordinating staffing for large events has always been our biggest challenge. It's hard to find a large number of great people to work for a short duration of time - but Instawork Gigs is taking the stress out of this for us.

Chef Christophe Kubiak
La Bonne Cuisine Catering

Built for Enterprise

Get proven W-2 staff when you need them, by our best-in-breed insurance program.

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Looking for work?

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Save hours by scheduling your existing event staff

Use Instawork Scheduler to schedule and manage your own on-call staff.

Scheduled staff

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Instawork when you need staff.