Hiring today is kind of like speed-dating in the dark.

Hiring today is kind of like speed-dating in the dark.

When a manager needs coverage for a shift, they usually only see the small slice of people who happen to apply at that exact moment. Meanwhile, a lot of great workers are out there, they just are not job hunting on the same day a shift opens up.

That’s a systemic flaw, and even sophisticated recruiting platforms haven’t solved it. They optimize for who’s raising their hand right now, not who’s actually the best match overall. It’s like apartment hunting by only looking at listings posted today.

And for workers, it’s a guessing game too. A job post rarely tells you what you really need to know:

• Is the schedule consistent?

• Will your availability actually work with what the job requires?

• If you show up and do great work, does that lead to more hours and more trust?

Someone once told me, “We’re not short on good people. We’re short on a way to find them at the right time.”

That line has stuck with me. It captures the real issue.

That gap creates the same loop over and over: rushed hires, mismatches, churn, and managers right back to scrambling. The costs add up fast.
Replacing an employee costs 0.5 to 2 times their annual salary. For skilled hourly roles, replacement can run 75 to 100 percent of annual salary once hiring, training, and lost productivity are included. Total impact is often 90 to 200 percent.

Turnover costs U.S. businesses more than $1T annually, plus an additional $1.8T in lost productivity. At $60K per year, replacement typically costs $30K to $45K, with total losses of roughly $54K to $120K.

This is not a people problem. It is a systems problem.

Hiring runs without labor intelligence, especially across the hourly workforce. There is no shared, verified view of identity, reliability, performance, availability, and real demand across the market. So we keep guessing.

That is why we are building Ando.

Not another job board. Not another scheduling tool.

A labor intelligence layer that helps dependable workers and great operators find each other at the right time, with real data behind the match.