Flexible bar staff hire for hospitality businesses
Sidekicker connects hospitality venues, like yours, with experienced bar staff in minutes. Hire bar staff when you need them most and access skilled, ready-to-work staff without the wait.
10,000+ customers
1.5m+ shifts completed
95% fill rate
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Thousands of ready-to-work bar staff
We connect hospitality businesses with experienced staff across all bar roles.
Filling bar shifts, managing busy service periods or finding reliable hospitality staff has never been this easy.
1. Make a request
Submit a request through your dashboard and tell us what you need, whether it’s one bartender for a last-minute shift or a full bar team.
2. Hire bar staff
Our platform gets to work matching you with the best available bartenders and bar staff. Review profiles, experience and availability, then lock them in.
3. Approve & pay
Once the shift is complete, approve timesheets, leave a rating and we’ll handle the rest.
Reliable bar staff, ready when you need them
Fully screened and verified
Every bartender is checked before joining Sidekicker, including responsible service of alcohol certification, wine and spirit knowledge, right-to-work verification, interviews and onboarding. Sorted.
See who you’re hiring
Each profile includes ratings, reviews and shift history, giving you full visibility before confirming your bartender hire.
Build your preferred team
Our Talent Pool feature allows you to save your favourite bartenders and bar staff so you can rehire them anytime and keep things consistent in your venue.
Fast, flexible bar staff hire
Fill shifts in minutes
Post a shift and instantly reach available bar staff nearby. Our 95% fill rate makes bar staff hire faster than traditional recruitment.
Hire on your terms
Choose your preferred bartender or let the system match you with the right staff automatically.
24/7 support
Our support team is available around the clock to help.
Smarter bartender hire for hospitality businesses
Reduce staffing costs
Sidekicker streamlines bar staff hire, helping you avoid the overheads of traditional recruitment models while still accessing great workers.
Control your rates
Set what you want to pay per shift to stay competitive while managing labour costs effectively.
Built-in compliance
Every bartender is fully verified and compliant, giving you confidence in every single bartender hired through Sidekicker.
Don’t take our word for it
Thousands of companiess across ANZ have made the switch to Sidekicker from traditional staffing agencies to fill gaps in their roster, deal with seasonal peaks and solve permanent recruitment
Sidekicker is a partnership made in heaven–it’s really how casual staffing should be done.
As a frequent user of Sidekicker, I have found that their technology is extremely easy to use and functional for all.
We can get experienced staff and control the pay rates ourselves. It allows us to scale up our team when we need it.
Great service with staff being presentable and right fit for the position. It’s is a very user friendly platform for making requests, assigning staff and sending through timesheets.
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Can I view the profiles and ratings of available bar staff before making a hiring decision?
Yes! All of our bar staff come with a detailed profile. We want to make temporary staffing better and more transparent.
Is there a minimum or maximum number of hours I can hire bar staff for on Sidekicker?
The minimum shift is 4 hours.
How does Sidekicker ensure the reliability and quality of the temporary bar staff available for hire?
All bar staff must pass an interview and skill test. Once on the platform they are rated and reviewed after every shift and their reliability is tracked. Our matching engine rewards those with the best performance.
How quickly can I request and hire bar staff through Sidekicker to fill urgent staffing gaps?
All bar staff have a worker app which instantly notifies them about suitable shifts meaning our fill times are minutes not days.