Swapping shifts with Shyft mobile app

The Seattle startup tries to lift a burden a lot of workers carry these days: swapping shifts. Its mobile app is intended to replace more cumbersome methods.

What: Shyft, a Seattle startup that has created a mobile app aiming to make it easier for workers to swap shifts.

 Who: Co-founders Brett Patrontasch, Daniel Chen, Chris Pitchford, and Kyle Liu. Patrontasch is chief executive, Chen is chief technology officer, Pitchford is director of growth, and Liu is lead mobile developer.

Birth of an idea:Patrontasch had founded another company, Scholars at Your Service, which employs student painters. He saw the difficulties the student painters had trying to coordinate their schedules.

 

Shift swapping: Currently, shift workers typically swap shifts using a variety of methods, including text messaging each other, posting on a group Facebook page or calling each other. Shyft aims to simplify that.