How it works Why FLEX Pricing For bartenders Text 380-666-8500
Now onboarding Columbus restaurants

Short Staffed?Text for FLEX.

When someone calls off, simply text us. We will quickly connect you with a personally interviewed bartender from our Columbus FLEX network, so your service never misses a beat.

Text 380-666-8500
Launching first in Columbus, Ohio.
Text-first, no app
Personally interviewed
Built for last minute
Local Columbus network
How it works

Three steps between a call-off and covered.

01

Text us

Send four quick details. That is it.

Bartender
Time
Pay
Location
02

We dispatch

Our system immediately contacts qualified FLEX Pros in our vetted Columbus network. No endless phone calls. No searching Facebook. No chaos.

03

You're covered

The first qualified bartender accepts. We immediately text you confirmation along with their ETA. Done.

Why restaurants love it

Everything a call-off used to cost you. Solved by one text.

Text-first simplicity
Personally interviewed bartenders
Built for last-minute emergencies
Fast response
Local Columbus network
No apps
No job boards
No searching profiles
No interviewing strangers
One text solves the problem
Our difference

Every FLEX Pro is personally interviewed.

We don't simply approve applications. Every bartender in our network is personally interviewed before joining.

We believe restaurants deserve more than a random marketplace. They deserve confidence.

Experience, verified

Real hours behind a real bar, confirmed before day one.

Professionalism and personality

The presence to walk in mid-shift and fit right in.

Reliability

People who show up. That is the whole promise.

We believe restaurants deserve more than a random marketplace. They deserve confidence.

InterviewedExperiencedVettedColumbus local

// Every FLEX Pro, before they ever pick up a shift.

Founding membership

Become a Founding Restaurant.

Become one of the first restaurants in Columbus to join the Text for FLEX network. Founding Members lock in introductory pricing as we expand.

  • Unlimited emergency staffing requests
  • You are only charged when we solve the problem
  • Introductory pricing, locked in as we grow
Founding Restaurant
$99per month

Unlimited emergency staffing requests.

$20

Successful fill fee, only when we fill a shift. No successful fill, no fill fee.

You're only charged when we solve the problem.

Founding pricing locked in as we expand across Columbus.

For bartenders

Become a FLEX Pro.

We're building Columbus' premier network of professional bartenders. We're looking for experienced professionals who take pride in hospitality.

Choose when you workYour schedule, your call. Nothing you did not opt into.
Accept only the shifts you wantSee the details up front. Take it or pass. No pressure.
Get paid directly by the restaurantPaid before you leave your shift. Simple and direct.

What a FLEX shift looks like

VenueThe Oak Room
RoleBartender
Start6:00 PM
Pay$30 / hr
PaidSame night
Your moveAccept or pass

Restaurants shouldn't panic every time someone calls off. They should simply send one text. We'll take it from there.

The Text for FLEX philosophy

The difference

Two ways to fill a shift.

Traditional staffingThe old way
Job boards
Facebook groups
Calling employees
Searching profiles
Interviewing strangers
Waiting
Uncertainty
Text for FLEXOne text
One text
Personally interviewed professionals
Immediate dispatch
Fast response
Trusted network
You're covered

Ready to stop worrying about call-offs?

Join the first restaurants using Text for FLEX in Columbus.

Text 380-666-8500