At Ando, we keep coming back to the same thing: hourly hiring still runs on guesswork because it run

At Ando, we keep coming back to the same thing: hourly hiring still runs on guesswork because it runs without real labor intelligence.

If you’re reading this from a more traditional professional role, it’s easy to assume work is stable. You have one employer, a predictable calendar, and if something changes, it’s usually a meeting, not your paycheck.

Hourly work is different. In many roles, hours change week to week, shifts get edited late, and a worker’s “availability” is constrained by childcare, transportation, school, and often a second job. A small schedule change can force someone to choose between two shifts to which they are already committed.

And yet most hiring still relies on static resumes, generic job posts, and timing luck. Finding a candidate with the right skills and the right availability to see a help-wanted ad at exactly the moment an employer needs them is almost impossible. That kind of serendipity is not something on which businesses can rely upon.

What we need is a persistent, verified view of the workforce: who people are, how they actually perform, what schedules work for them, and when demand really exists.

In restaurants, ~40% of hourly hires don’t make it past 72 hours. Turnover in many frontline roles runs ~130–150% annually. And when many workers juggle more than one job, even a small schedule change can create a chain reaction.

At Ando, we’re trying to replace “timing luck” with labor intelligence so the right people can find the right roles, and schedules don’t break the moment real life shows up.