Why we built Hyrly
It started with a £40 shift that never got filled.
On a packed Saturday, a local café owner had to turn customers away — two of her team had called in sick that morning and she had no way to find anyone fast. Two hundred metres up the road, three students sat in the library, skint, scrolling job sites that only ever showed full-time roles miles from campus.
Once you notice that gap, you see it everywhere. A physio whose receptionist calls in sick at nine, with a waiting room filling up by ten. A market trader who gets slammed on a Sunday and needs an extra pair of hands for four hours — today, not next week. A parent hunting for a maths tutor for tonight, before tomorrow's exam. An events crew a steward short on the morning of the show.
In every one of those moments, the right person is already close by — a few streets away, free that afternoon, and glad of the work. They just can't see each other.
Hyrly exists to close that gap: to make the work happening right around you — the shift starting in an hour, the tutor needed tonight, the extra pair of hands for tomorrow's market — visible, instant and safe. No CVs. No agencies. No waiting.
— Jay, Founder