Frequently asked questions about Waldo

Waldo is a free mobile app that matches hospitality job seekers with restaurants, bars, cafés, bakeries and hotels in Greater Montréal. Both sides swipe, and a chat only opens when both say yes.

Yes. Waldo is free to download and free to use for both job seekers and venues. There is no fee to apply and no fee to post a job.

Waldo operates in Greater Montréal, Québec, including the island of Montréal, Laval, the South Shore, the North Shore and the West Island.

Hospitality roles across restaurants, bars, nightclubs, cafés, bakeries and hotels — including server, bartender, barista, line cook, prep cook, dishwasher, host, busser, food runner, baker, pastry chef, sous chef, restaurant manager and hotel front desk.

No. You build a profile once with your experience, availability and the roles you want, then apply by swiping. There is no cover letter and no per-job application form.

Waldo is hospitality-only and Montréal-only, and it is built around mutual interest instead of an application queue. Venues only see candidates who have already said they want that specific job, and candidates only get contacted by venues that have actually chosen them.

Download the app, create a venue profile, and post the role with the title, neighbourhood, job type and wage. Interested seekers will appear as likes, and you swipe through them and match with the ones you want to talk to.

Yes. The app, job postings and support are all bilingual, and you can use Waldo entirely in French or entirely in English.

Yes. Many roles on Waldo — dishwasher, busser, food runner, prep cook and counter staff — are entry level and regularly filled by people with no restaurant background.

It depends on the role, but hospitality hiring moves fast. Entry-level kitchen and floor roles often go from match to trial shift within a few days, because venues are usually filling a schedule gap that already exists.