For independent workers

Get more work. Build proof. Know who is hiring you.

DirectCrew helps independent workers build verified profiles, receive job invites, document completed projects, and earn reputation that follows them from job to job.

Why join as a worker

Built around the person doing the work.

Free founding profile

Build your DirectCrew profile at no cost. Founding workers stay free as the network grows in your area.

More visibility to GCs looking for help

General contractors in your area can find you by trade, location, and availability when they need crew.

Your reputation follows you

When you move between contractors, jobs, or seasons, your verified project history stays with you — not the company.

Upload proof of work

Add credentials, photos, completed project records, and vouches from people who've worked with you.

Be seen separately from the contractor representing you

Too often, the worker does the job and the company gets the credit. DirectCrew attributes work to the person who actually did it.

Control who sees your profile

Three visibility tiers — private by default, compare-only for personal benchmarking, or discoverable when you're open to new work.

See contractor reliability signals

As the local network grows, see payment behavior, scope clarity, and worker feedback on contractors before you commit.

Early workers help shape the local network

Founding workers directly influence how trades, ratings, and visibility controls work in your area.

Advanced recommendations and value-efficiency insights need verified project records first. Early profiles may have limited data, and DirectCrew will label that clearly.

Worker controls · in development

Your work history is yours. You control who sees it.

DirectCrew is built on a simple principle: a worker's reputation belongs to the worker. You decide who sees your projects, your ratings, and your stats — not your contractor, not the platform.

Private (default)

Only you and the contractors you've worked with see your projects and stats.

This is the default. You opt in to anything more.

Compare-only

See how your work stacks up against other workers in your trade and region — anonymously. Your data contributes, but other contractors can't identify you.

Personal benchmark. No one is looking for you.

Discoverable

Other contractors can find your profile when looking for crew. You're signaling you're open to new work.

Off by default. Toggle on when you're looking.

Visibility controls are in development. Founding workers will help shape the final design — your feedback during onboarding directly affects what we build.

Founding Worker Program

Be one of the first verified workers in your trade.

Founding workers receive free profiles, priority placement during launch, a founding worker badge, and reduced fees on early completed jobs.

Founding Worker
  • Free profile, forever
  • Founding Worker badge
  • Priority placement during launch
  • Reduced fees on early completed jobs
  • Free vouch imports from past clients
  • First job invites in your trade and area

Create your worker profile

Tell us about your work.

No long application. You can add photos, credentials, and vouches after your profile is set up.

Optional. Paste URLs to photos, portfolio, or social posts. You can upload files directly after your account is set up.

We'll never share your info without your permission.

Know who you are working for

Trust should go both ways.

DirectCrew helps workers evaluate contractors and clients before accepting work by showing project history, payment behavior, scope clarity, cancellation patterns, and worker feedback when available.

  • Verified projects completed
  • Payment reliability
  • Average time to payment
  • Scope clarity
  • Change order fairness
  • Cancellation rate
  • Dispute rate
  • Rehire rate
  • Worker feedback
  • Jobsite readiness

Sample profile — for illustration only.

"Northbridge Builders" and the project / payment-reliability numbers below are a design preview of how a real contractor reliability profile will render. They are not from a real DirectCrew account.

Reliability Profile
Northbridge Builders
General Contractor · Austin, TX
Verified
Verified projects completed8814 projects
Payment reliability96
Average time to payment923.1 days avg
Scope clarity90
Change order fairness84
Cancellation rate8low
Dispute rate5low
Rehire rate78
Worker feedback87
Jobsite readiness91

Reliability profiles are built from verified platform activity and completed project records. Early profiles may have limited data.

Reliability profiles are built from verified platform activity and completed project records. Early profiles may have limited data.

The work is yours. The reputation should be too.

Free profile. No platform fee on your first completed jobs.