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A career that travels with the worker.

Sidework gives service workers a verified, portable work history. Restaurants hire proven talent fast. Workers keep their career no matter where they go.

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SIDEWORK PASSPORTID SW-3391-0427 · Chicago
180verified shifts
Marcus Vega
ServerBartenderWine cert
The Publican
Server · 64 shifts
VERIFIED05/25
Big Star
Bartender · 88 shifts
VERIFIED11/24
Lula Cafe
Server · 28 shifts
VERIFIED03/24
11Mservice workers, no portable record
75%annual turnover in restaurants
$5,864cost to replace one hourly worker
The problem

Every new job, you start from zero.

A Chicago server cannot carry their career to Minneapolis. Five years of experience, gone the moment they move. Restaurants feel the other side of it: no way to verify who is actually good.

For workers

Your history does not belong to you.

It lives in a manager's memory and a paper schedule. Switch jobs or cities and you prove yourself all over again, from scratch, every time.

For operators

You hire on a hunch.

A resume is a claim, not proof. Reference calls go nowhere. So you hire slow and cautious, or fast and desperate, and eat the cost when it goes wrong.

How it works

Proof of work, built one shift at a time.

01

Build your passport

Upload a resume or tap through a few prompts. We read it and draft your verified profile in minutes.

02

Work and get stamped

Every shift you work gets confirmed by the house. Real proof that no reference call can fake.

03

Carry it anywhere

Get matched to houses near you. Move cities and start vetted. Minneapolis sees what Chicago saw.

01

Post in a minute

A gig shift or a full role. Your house profile auto-builds from your Google listing. No setup slog.

02

See proven candidates

Applicants show up ranked by fit, with verified shift history attached. You hire on facts, not hope.

03

Confirm the shift

One tap stamps a shift once it is worked. It builds your team record and the worker's at the same time.

What you get

Everything the floor actually needs.

Worker
  • Two-minute passportUpload a resume, AI drafts the bio and tags your roles.
  • Verified shift historyStamped by the houses you worked. Proof that travels.
  • Matched, not searchingRoles near you, at your pay, ranked by fit.
  • Free, foreverThe passport belongs to you and costs you nothing.
Operator
  • One-minute postingGig shift or full role. Profile auto-builds from Google.
  • Ranked by real historyVerified shift counts, not claims on a resume.
  • One-tap confirmStamp shifts as they are worked. Builds your record.
  • Validation that holdsLocked to shifts booked here. No retaliation edits.
Platform
  • AI matching from day oneBoth sides fill fast. No cold-start dead zone.
  • Illinois and Indiana firstWin one dense region of independents, then go wide.
  • Operators pay, workers don'tSubscription or per-shift to post and hire.
  • Payments come nextOnce hiring runs here, payroll is the expansion.

Launching in Illinois and Indiana.

We start where the work is dense and independent. Chicagoland and northwest Indiana first, then out from there.

Questions

The short version.

Yes. Building a passport, getting matched, and applying are free for workers. Operators pay to post and hire.
The house you worked confirms it with one tap. A stamp records the role and dates. It cannot be edited or deleted later, so a bad split never erases history you earned.
You add it to your passport as unverified history. As you work shifts booked through Sidework, your verified record grows alongside it.
That is the whole point. Your passport is yours. Move from Chicago to Minneapolis and your verified history moves with you.
Sidework rolls out across Illinois and Indiana in 2026. Join the waitlist and workers and operators both get early access.

Your work should go with you.

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