Imagine a restaurant where
nobody good ever really leaves.
Armada is where restaurants and everyone who's ever worked for them stay connected — and keep working together, long after the job ends.
Post a shift once; your people get first dibs and claim it from their phones.
No credit card until your first shift post
The group chat
You know exactly which chat we mean.
Current crew. The old crew who still picks up. The folks you never quite took off the schedule. A call-out happens, you fire off a text, somebody covers. It works.
These two are the distress signal.
Until one name in that chat files for unemployment — and the whole chat becomes the map. One filing pulls a 3-year look-back across your entire roster. Every off-the-books pickup becomes back wages, untracked taxes, missing workers' comp. Five figures per worker, stacked across everyone in the thread. Georgia's DOL collected millions from operators last year doing exactly this.
Your own crew covering your own shifts was never the problem.
How the other names get paid is.
The bench
Same chat. Same people. Minus the liability.
We call that chat your bench — and Armada makes it legitimate without changing how it feels.
Your people come back.
The best server you ever lost picks up your Friday like she never left — as our W-2 employee. W-4s, I-9s, payroll, taxes, workers' comp: all ours. We pay them; you pay us back. Not a workaround — the real thing.
Current staff never really leave.
When someone moves on, they slide from your schedule to your bench and keep claiming your shifts. The two-week notice stops being a goodbye. Your team never has to downsize.
Your workers actually say yes.
Same-day access to a portion of their pay, real W-2 protections, and a path to benefits most restaurant jobs never offer. When picking up your shift is the best gig in their phone, your shifts fill first.
Ten years used to get you a staff of fifteen and a stack of goodbye parties. On Armada, your crew stops resetting — and starts compounding.
How it runs
Post once. Done.
- 1
Post the shift.
Under 30 seconds.
- 2
Your internal team gets first dibs.
People on your payroll see it first, in the order you choose.
- 3
It rolls out to the rest of your bench.
Alumni, trusted picks, everyone you've approved. Nobody you haven't.
No group-text roulette. No phone tag. No begging.
For groups
Run more than one room? Your whole company is one bench.
Right now, when one location's short, somebody's on the phone — trading favors with the spot across town, arguing over who needs a body more tonight. On Armada, that shift posts once and anyone free across any of your locations can claim it.
Your Midtown bartender picks up a Friday in Buckhead. The people you already employ, working at full capacity — and nobody self-cannibalizes a team to do it.
One shift, anyone free across any of your rooms can claim it.
Explore — the horizon
And when your bench isn't deep enough? The seas open.
How many fake resumes did you read this week? Explore is where Atlanta operators find workers vetted on actual shifts they've worked — rated by position by real restaurants down the street. Punctuality. Reliability. Interview videos before you ever shake a hand. Swipe right on people other operators already trust.
Your own people stay off Explore — always. Nobody browses your crew. But if someone leaves you, they keep their seat on your bench, so the worker you'd take back in a heartbeat stays one post away, for good.
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The treasure
Exclusive bounty for Atlanta's crews.
First 20 shifts, free.
No service fees on your first 20 shifts.
Up to 12 months of Armada Pro, covered.
Add 10 workers to your bench — already on your payroll or not — and up to a year of Pro is on us.
*limited availability
Secure setup. Flexible terms. No plank.
No card at signup. When you post your first live shift we'll ask for one — it backs the wages for the workers you book, not a plan fee. Cancel any time.
The 3-minute setup
Three steps. That's the whole thing.
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Create your venue.
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Drop one invite link in your staff group chat.
- 3
Your bench builds itself while you run service.
Stuck? Text us — a human walks you through it: 404-965-0506
For workers
Work in the industry?
Every door that was 'always open' is real now. You can come back to every place you've ever been great — and get paid for the introduction. Refer a restaurant; when they complete their first shift, we send you $100.