The underground
economy was
destroying us.

In Cranbrook and the Kootenays, there was a dirty secret nobody wanted to name. Businesses posted on Facebook. Workers showed up — or didn't. Cash changed hands. Nobody was insured. Nobody was accountable.

Employers pushed maximum work for minimum pay. Workers had zero protection. And the youth — the students at COTR who wanted a real start — were buried under a system built for someone else's era.

Employers post exactly what they need — hours, location, task. No phone tag. No Facebook posts buried in a feed.

Our system surfaces vetted, WCB-covered workers with real reliability scores. The right person, not just any person.

Worker arrives. GPS confirms it. The shift clock starts. No disputes, no confusion — just work.

Payment is held securely and released when the job is marked complete. Workers get paid. Employers get peace of mind.

The youth needed
a real start.

COTR students with ambition, energy, and nothing to show on a resume. CrewAligned gives them their first entry — verified hours, a reliability score, and legitimate experience that compounds.

No more begging for cash gigs. No more working for people who don't respect their time. Just real work, real pay, real records.

The businesses needed
someone to rely on.

Every Cranbrook shop owner knows the pain. You post, you wait, they ghost. You're left short-staffed on your busiest day and exposed to legal liability you didn't even know you had.

CrewAligned removes every single one of those variables. We handle the compliance, the insurance, the payment — you just focus on your business.