welcome to pooledhouse
a workplace review platform for the service industry
pooledhouse is a platform for workers at restaurants, cafes, bars, and clubs to share their experience of employment in their workplaces with other service industry workers and the general public. it is an open platform where all information contributed by verified industry workers is publicly visible and anonymous.
the hope in creating this project is that it will lead to healthier workplace norms across the service industry by increasing workplace transparency in regards to satisfaction with compensation, work hours, clientele, lifestyle balance, and more. hopefully, by creating a place where workers are encouraged to share their work experiences openly, we can all build better establishments for ourselves and the guests who pass through our doors.
there is also a yelp-like component to the platform where verified industry workers can share their experiences of their favorite (or least favorite!) establishments from the perspective of a patron, hopefully creating a place where public users can discover a unique perspective on the establishments they frequent or where industry workers can go to find restaurants loved by others with a common perspective.
how it works
in the spirit of openness and integrity, all of the information on pooledhouse is publicly available to anyone who visits the app, however, new information can only be contributed by accounts that have been verified as owned by industry workers.
to attempt to cut down on the friction of onboarding new users, the verification process is simple. if you have an account and are already verified, you can visit www.pooledhouse.com/verify to generate verification codes and give them to your friends to input into their accounts. if they have an account but are not verified yet, then they can input their verification code at the same url, www.pooledhouse.com/verify. and if they haven't made an account yet, there is a place to input a verification code upon sign up.
to cut down on spam while encouraging new users to the platform, each verified account has one workplace review credit at the moment of creation, which can be used to write one workplace review (ideally, your current job). if you would like to write more workplace reviews, all you have to do is invite your industry friends to the platform. each verification code that you use to successfully verify a new account will earn you another workplace review credit to write workplace reviews for other establishments (previous jobs, concurrent jobs, etc.)
who built this?
pooledhouse was created by a team of one, which is me: bryson davis. i'm a bartender and software engineer working and living life in nyc. if you want to check out any of my other projects on github, feel free to check those out here. and if you want to get in touch, or if you have any feedback on the app, my email is hey@brysondavis.dev. i'm always open to new connections, opportunities, or critiques, so if you have anything to share, please say hi!