You're the owner, the GM, and the staffing coordinator.
Armada gives operators a private W-2 bench of FOH, BOH, and event staff who already know your POS, your line, and your closing routine. No agency. No gig-app strangers. No 2am text chains.
Tonight's text chain — without Armada
5:47 PM · Friday
- "Hey can you come in tonight? Marco called out."
- "Anyone free? Saturday brunch is slammed and I'm down two."
- "Dishwasher just walked. Need someone here by 6."
- "@channel — who can pick up the close tonight??"
- "Trying the gig app — got 3 'maybes' and 1 no-show."
- "Tasting menu prep at 2pm tomorrow — anyone? anyone??"
- With Armada: one tap. Shift posting notifies 12 dishwashers who've worked your kitchen. Filled by 5:58.
The bench
One house. One bench you actually own.
The cooks, servers, and dishwashers you've already trained stay on your bench between shifts — not on a gig app's marketplace where anyone can poach them.
5 minutes to start a bench. The first invite goes to the person you already trust.
Roles you keep warm
Your bench
Trusted W-2 crew
- Line cooksyour menu
- Serversyour POS
- Dish & prepyour closing list
When you're the owner
Every shortage is your problem.
The 5pm callout
A line cook flakes. You text everyone you know. You either close a section or you cook it yourself. Again.
The gig-app stranger
You pay 1.5x to get someone who's never seen your kitchen, doesn't know your tickets, and walks at 9pm.
Training waste
Every new face means another 2 hours of menu and POS training that the next agency body undoes.
Tip-out math
Servers and bussers from outside the house make tip-pool accounting a nightmare.
How it works
Set it up Monday. Use it Monday.
Step 01
Invite the staff you already trust
Successful stages, part-time cooks, returning college servers, that dishwasher who never no-shows, your best bartender who went corporate but wants overflow shifts. Armada W-2s them — no lift from you.
Step 02
Save your menu prep + POS notes once
First-shift briefing stored in the app. Anyone you recall sees the menu, the POS, and the closing checklist before they arrive.
Step 03
Tap once when you need someone
Your bench sees it first. Need more hands? Explore the waters for new workers, but only the ones you invite ever join your bench. No strangers, ever.
Step 04
Pay handled. You go expedite.
W-2 payroll, taxes, workers' comp, tip pool reporting — all in-app. You spend the time on the line, not on the phone.
Built for one location
Pricing built for one location.
No percentage skim, no surge pricing, no surprises. See the math on the pricing page.
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Try Armada on us — your first 20 shifts are free. See what your kitchen looks like with a real bench behind it before you pay a cent.