WorkJam is pleased to announce the launch of the first employee relationship management platform to solve critical problems in the hourly work economy and create huge economic benefit for businesses and advance the well-being and prosperity of hourly workers.

With WorkJam, line and store managers can holistically manage the employee-employer relationship life cycle – including sourcing, qualifying, hiring, onboarding, scheduling, engaging, and evaluating employees. WorkJam also provides the only commercial platform that enables employers to build and optimize staffing schedules based not only on demand signals from multiple channels, but also based on employee availability, skills, and compliance with regulatory requirements.

WorkJam was founded by Steve Kramer, Josh Ostrega, and Mark Sadegursky, technology industry veterans with a successful track record in building enterprise software companies, including e-commerce vendor Hybris Software which sold to SAP in 2013.

“Industries that rely on hourly workers currently lack the ability to manage each phase of the employee relationship life cycle through one integrated platform. From recruiting through scheduling, training, and engagement, the process is broken, resulting in massive value leakage that suppresses profitability across industries, especially the more than 2 million service companies in the United Stateswhere labor accounts for 20 to 70 percent of overall costs. Hourly workers also lack the ability to manage and market their skills and match their availability to the needs of employers, often forcing them to make compromises that impact the quality of their lives. This is both a business issue and a social issue, and will also increasingly be a legal issue as local governments pass new legislation to protect hourly workers from unpredictable scheduling,” said Steve Kramer, CEO of WorkJam.

With WorkJam, employers will also have access to a market of people from which they can recruit and qualify candidates based on skills and availability. Conversely, employees seeking hourly positions that are part of this network can efficiently find positions, market their employability, and manage their availability. With WorkJam’s cloud-based platform, employers can accomplish what the fragmented landscape of workforce management, human capital management, and employee engagement technology has failed to achieve – to unlock the economic benefits and prosperity created by aligning their business needs with the interests of their employees.

“The most exciting aspect of WorkJam is that it creates a win-win for both businesses and hourly workers. Businesses benefit by lowering recruitment costs, improving attrition rates, optimizing labor in relation to demand signals, and improving the customer experience with happier, more engaged employees. Hourly workers can control their work-life balance, maximize their earnings, develop skills, and advance their economic well-being. By solving the disconnect in the employee-employer relationship, we can make the economy work for everyone – something we can all get on board with,” said Josh Ostrega, COO of WorkJam.

About WorkJam

WorkJam is a cloud-based, mobile and web-accessible employee relationship management platform that allows organizations in the service industry to manage and optimize the entire employee-employer relationship life cycle – from sourcing, qualifying, hiring, and onboarding to scheduling and evaluating hourly workers.

For the employee, WorkJam allows hourly employees to find and apply for jobs based on their availability. Once hired, they can manage their schedules, pick up shifts, or trade shifts directly from their computer or mobile device. WorkJam puts employees in control of their time, allowing them to create a more consistent and predictable work schedule and income. For more information about WorkJam, visit www.WorkJam.com .

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