GapCrew
How it works

From free time to finished job, step by step.

GapCrew connects two sides. Workers say when they are free. Employers post short-term jobs. The match is made on trade, availability and distance, and the people involved make the decisions.

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What is GapCrew?

GapCrew is an online marketplace in Washington's Puget Sound region where workers in construction trades and labor say when they are free, and employers post short-term jobs that reach the people who are actually available.

For workers

Five steps

  1. Set your free timeEnter your weekly hours and adjust any date.
  2. Add your ZIP code and travel distanceUp to 50 miles, 25 by default.
  3. Pick your tradesChoose a main trade and list your skills.
  4. Respond to jobs that fitEmployers confirm the people they want.
  5. Do the job and check in and outHours are recorded and corrections are agreed by both sides.
For employers

Five steps

  1. Post the jobTrade, description, days, hours, pay per hour, workers needed and ZIP code.
  2. See who is free and interestedResponders appear with masked names, distance and skills.
  3. Confirm the people you wantThey receive the exact address.
  4. Message, then work togetherMessaging opens when a booking is confirmed.
  5. Pay the worker directlyWages never pass through GapCrew.
The match

How a job finds its workers

Matching is a set of simple rules, applied the same way to everyone.

Free for each day's hours

A job can run on 1 to 14 days. A worker's free time, including adjacent blocks, must cover each day's hours. The nights between days do not need to be free. A booked block does not count as free.

Within range

The straight-line distance between ZIP code centers must fall within the worker's own travel distance, never more than 50 miles. An employer can narrow the list of workers they browse and invite.

Ordered simply

Nearest first, then more years in the trade. Nothing about earlier declines, cancellations, responses or ratings is read.

The life of a booking

Respond, confirm, work, review

  1. A worker respondsOnly to a job they currently match. They can withdraw before being confirmed.
  2. The employer confirmsConfirmation fills a place and tells both sides. When all places are filled, the job closes to new responses.
  3. Both sides can messageMessaging opens for a confirmed booking.
  4. The worker checks in and outTimes are recorded, with an offline option that is marked as such.
  5. Hours can be correctedEither side can suggest a correction; the other confirms it. The original is kept.
  6. Both sides can reviewReviews appear together, or after 14 days.
If plans change

No penalty for saying no

Workers can decline any job. Either side can cancel a confirmed booking with a reason from a fixed list, and the other side is told. No score, flag or ranking effect is applied, and cancelling never appears in a rating. Read what happens when plans change.

Messages and updates

GapCrew texts only for a sign-in code you ask for and three time-critical kinds. Everything else is an update in the app. Reply STOP to stop texts. See the SMS terms.

Installable web app

GapCrew runs in the browser on Android and iPhone and can be installed to the home screen. Loaded upcoming bookings stay readable offline.

Questions

How it works

How does GapCrew decide who sees a job?
A worker sees a job if they hold the trade, they are free for each day's hours (a job can run on 1 to 14 days), and the job is within their own travel distance, up to 50 miles. An employer can narrow the list of workers they browse and invite. Results go nearest first, then by years in the trade.
Does GapCrew use declines, cancellations or ratings in matching?
No. Matching does not read them.
Who can use GapCrew?
Anyone 18 or older. You sign in with a US mobile number that can receive texts.
What does GapCrew send by text?
A sign-in code you ask for, plus three time-critical kinds: new matching jobs (only if you opt in), booking confirmations and shift reminders. Everything else is an update in the app. STOP ends texts.
Is it an app from an app store?
GapCrew is a web app you can install to your home screen on Android and iPhone from the browser. It does not need an app store.

Ready when the doors open

GapCrew is preparing to open around Puget Sound. Join the early list and we will email you when it opens in your area.

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