Socialwyze

covid-19 and automation pose unparalleled short-term and long-term threats to the american worker. millions of unemployed individuals need jobs they can perform with 6 feet of personal spacing that will put money in their pockets, food on their tables, and roofs over their heads. masks need to be sewn, food needs to be grown, meals need to be prepared, and all of the above need to be distributed. we need to use every available resource to scale solutions that redeploy labor to solve our most pressing social challenges. even as the need for social distancing thaws, businesses will look to accelerate automation to insulate their businesses from pandemic rebounds. there has never been a greater need for immediate solutions for transitional and supplemental employment. socialwyze is a mobile app that helps governments and foundations pay people a living wage to perform public benefit gig work. governments, foundations, and crowdfunding initiatives fund “wage banks” to pay for the public