WorkWhile 4+

I’ve been using this app to pick up work for a few days now. So far it’s been great and very easy to use. I’ve worked 2 shifts and have a 3rd scheduled.

The one glitch I’ve ran into is an issue when trying to clock in for my shift. I got a notification telling me my shifts about to start and that I must clock in. I clicked on the clock in and thought that it had worked. About 10 minutes later I got another notification saying I haven’t signed in yet and my shift had already started! Eventually it let me sign in but it recorded me as being about 10 mins late! This was very similar to what happened to me when I attempted to clock in the night before. As a result it says my average for being on time is only about 50%!

As someone who prides themselves on being punctual it’s pretty frustrating, especially as this rating can affect the shifts the app will offer me in the future!

I’m hoping there is a way that I can have the times changed and be 100% on time, especially since my location is tracked by the app. I took a star off because of this issue, I’ll update this review if/when it gets fixed.

I’ve been using this app for a bit over a year now. It has allowed me a great opportunities to pick up work. I can say within the last for months I’ve only worked with 3 different companies. One out of the three I only worked with them 1 time. The other two job sites have been dozens of times which is great. At times it can be really competitive to try and get work because this app offers very little company’s to work with in a orange/Los Angeles and riverside counties. So I deducted a star from that along with the fact that they are now paying less for the same job have been doing for over a year! Inflation is a real thing so the fact that our pay is being shortened and even been given more work in some instances I’ve found it’s now worth it. I’m taking another star off because of the fact that this app tracks your location 24/7. I’ve I’m not actively on a shift or using the app then my location should not be tracked. So I took another star off for that. I don’t like receiving notifications saying that the WorkWhile app has tracked my location 127 times in the last 2-3 days. Even when I didn’t have a shirt scheduled or was working

1st of all there’s hardly any jobs EVER posted. When I finally was able to schedule 2 shifts for a retail store called Soma I worked my 1st shift 6pm-10pm, my 2nd shift was scheduled for the next day 6am-10am. The supervisor of soma texted me at midnight and said she was canceling my shift for the morning which was supposed to start in 6 hours. Work whiles policy CLEARLY states “if an employer cancels a shift with less than 24 hours notice you receive full pay for the time you were scheduled to work”. I contacted support to let them know that she texted me and told me not to show up because she was canceling with only 6 hours notice, support responded “I am removing you from the shift” and immediately closed the chat. I wrote support again to let them know that as per THEIR POLICY since the employer canceled with only 6 hours notice I am owed payment for the cancellation. He then responded and said “cancellation and removal are two different things you will not be getting paid” This makes absolutely no sense. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME SIGNING UP FOR THIS APP THERE ARE PLENTY OTHER BETTER APPS THAT HAVE MORE WORK AND ACTUALLY PAY WHAT YOU ARE OWED, LIKE BLUE CREW