Jitjatjo is an American software and staffing company that provides staffing marketplace and workforce management services for the service and hospitality industries through several digital applications.[1][2][3] It was founded in 2015[4] and is headquartered in New York.[5]

History

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Jitjatjo was founded by Bryde director Ron McCulloch and former Avalon Ventures director Tim Chatfield.[1][2]

Jitjatjo launched in New York in October 2016.[1] It expanded into Chicago in November 2018.[2]

Jitjatjo released its workplace management platform in the Greater Houston area in 2022. Jitjatjo’s talent management Jitjatjo’s FLEX app for hospitality staffing also launched in Sydney, Australia in 2022. In the same year, Jitjatjo’s Ondemand app launched in Sydney. The company also announced plans to launch in Melbourne and Brisbane in 2023.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Inamine, Elyse (2016-10-18). "This App Is the Uber of Finding Restaurant Staff". Fortune. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  2. ^ a b c Wiggers, Kyle (2019-03-21). "Jitjatjo raises $11 million to match service and hospitality businesses with temp workers". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  3. ^ Medicine, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and; Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and; Statistics, Committee on National; Arrangements, Committee on Contingent Work and Alternative Work (2020-11-07). Measuring Alternative Work Arrangements for Research and Policy. National Academies Press. ISBN 978-0-309-67847-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Kidd, Karen (2022-07-28). "'Logical to expand here': Gig-work company Jitjatjo now in Houston". Houston Daily. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  5. ^ Noto, Anthony (2017-03-15). "Why this Australian on-demand staffing startup picked N.Y.C. to launch". bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2023-12-03.