Built for pizzerias

Hire pizza makers and drivers.
In 2 days.

HeyHire fills pizza maker, driver, and counter staff roles with local, pre-screened candidates who actually show up. You just pick who to interview.

≤2 days
Avg. time-to-hire
98%
SMS open rate
300+
Pizzerias using HeyHire
The problem

Pizzeria hiring is broken.

Friday night orders are stacking up. You're short a driver and your best pizza maker just put in notice. Sound familiar?

78%
Annual Turnover Rate

Nearly four out of five pizzeria employees leave within a year. Drivers especially — they'll jump ship for an extra dollar an hour.

$4,500
Cost Per Lost Employee

Between recruiting, training, and the weeks of slower delivery times and declined orders, every departure costs real money.

12–18
Days to Hire (Industry Avg)

Two to three weeks to fill one position. That's weeks of cold pizzas arriving late and customers switching to the competition.

We built HeyHire because Friday dinner rush + short a driver = lost revenue. Pizzerias can't hire like a corporate office.

How it works

Here’s exactly
how it works.

You do the easy part. We do everything else.

Step 1

Post in 60 seconds.

  • Publish your opening and we push it to local candidates automatically.
  • SMS blasts, job map, social network. All handled for you.
Step 2

We screen. You review.

  • AI filters every applicant by experience, availability, and proximity.
  • You only see candidates who are actually worth your time.
Step 3

Text, interview, hire.

  • Message candidates directly and they self-schedule interviews.
  • Go from first message to hired in 2 days.
The HeyHire difference

What happens when you stop relying on job boards

85%
Oven-ticket text reach
Line cooks, slicers, and drivers live on the same phones they use to sub shifts—SMS matches that pace of fire.
≤2 days
Dough-slam to first shift
Every minute a makeline is one body short, tickets stack and remakes spike—HeyHire compresses hire time to match the rush clock.
2x
Driver retention boost
Drivers who know the neighborhood stick around longer and stop flaking when the map already lives in their head.
The platform

Hiring tools built for how pizzerias actually operate

Post a Role in 60 Seconds

Pizza maker, delivery driver, counter staff, prep cook. Select the role, set your requirements, and your opening is live before the dinner rush.

  • Pre-built templates for every pizzeria position
  • Set shift patterns: lunch, dinner, late-night
  • Unlimited posts across all locations

Create New Position

Reach Candidates Who Live Nearby

Delivery drivers need to know the neighborhood. Counter staff need a short commute for split shifts. HeyHire targets candidates within a tight radius of your shop.

  • Hyper-local targeting within delivery radius
  • SMS outreach to candidates in food service
  • Your opening reaches phones, not buried inboxes

AI Screening for Pizza Ops

Every applicant is scored on kitchen experience, delivery availability, driver's license status, and proximity. Your dashboard shows only the best candidates.

  • Filters by kitchen experience and driver's license
  • Evening and weekend availability matching
  • Proximity ranking so you hire locals who stay
Carlos Rivera

Carlos Rivera

1.2 mi away
93%
AI Match ScoreStrong Match
2+ yrs pizza kitchen
Valid driver's license
Own vehicle
Open to closing shifts
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Past Positions
Pizza Cook & DriverSal's NY Pizza
Aug 2022 - Present

Text Candidates Directly

Drivers are on the road. SMS is the only channel that gets answered between deliveries.

  • Two-way SMS chat from your dashboard
  • 85% response rate within 15 minutes
  • No app download required for candidates
HeyHireAuto message sent instantly
Hey Carlos, this is Tony from Tony's Original. Saw your app for pizza maker. Can you come by this week?
Hey Tony! Yeah I can come by any afternoon before 4.
Thursday at 2? I'll fire up the oven so you can show me what you got.
Haha let's do it. See you Thursday!

Interviews That Book Themselves

Book interviews before the dinner rush hits at 5pm.

  • One-tap self-scheduling via SMS link
  • Syncs with Google Calendar, Outlook, and iCloud
  • Automated reminders reduce no-shows by 60%
New Interview Invite

Interview Invitation

Select a time that works for you

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Tony's Original Pizza

Pizza Maker

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Full platform

Everything else under the hood

Video screening, payroll sync, analytics, and more. Tools built for pizzeria operations.

Kitchen Reel

90-second video intros. See a candidate's energy and kitchen comfort before they step behind your line.

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Driver Screen

Auto-verify driver's license and vehicle. AI matches candidates with clean records and own transportation.

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Shop Analytics

Track time-to-fill by location and role. Spot driver shortages before delivery times start slipping.

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POS & Payroll Sync

Toast, Square, ADP, Gusto. New hires flow into your systems automatically.

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Multi-Shop Dashboard

One login for your pizza group. Bulk post across locations, or share drivers between shops.

Box-Top QR Codes

Print QR codes on your pizza boxes. Every delivery is a recruiting opportunity.

Slice Tracker Referrals

Drop a “Drive for us” microform next to your loyalty app so the same guests tracking a pie in the car can send a friend who already knows the route.

Pre-Dough Press Auditions

Guard the 3-4:30 p.m. window when the lunch crew is out but the proof is not in the red zone yet, so tryouts do not touch your Friday football rush.

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Coal vs. Deck Story Pages

Different microcopy for fast-casual slice shops versus full-service pie rooms so a fine-dine server is not reading a 90-second delivery-only job.

Third-Party Map Sync

Weight drivers by the zones your DoorDash, Uber, and in-house map actually pay—so you are not training someone who bails on your far north loop.

Cut-Table Text Queue

One thread for the kitchen lead and the road dispatch lead so a driver no-show does not get lost between two call stations.

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Franchisee vs. Mom-and-Pop Views

Permissions that keep franchise comp plans private while a single-store owner still sees every resume without corporate noise.

We lost two drivers in one week right before football season. I was about to start delivering pizzas myself. Posted both roles on HeyHire on a Monday and had four qualified drivers texting me by Tuesday. Hired two, they started Wednesday. Saved my weekends.

Tony Marchetti
Owner — Tony's Original Pizza, Philadelphia, PA
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes, and in pizza that is the difference between a 17-minute ticket and a liability call. You can set license class, years held, and personal auto insurance as hard gates on the driver role, so the AI pass never surfaces people who are still deciding whether to buy a car. Candidates upload a photo of the card and expirations to the same SMS thread, which means your road manager can verify in seconds without a separate portal password. You can also flag commercial insurance if you run hots bags or larger vehicles, and map each applicant to a delivery heat map so you only spend human time on people who already live in the band you pay for. The moment they pass, route them to a tryout block that is literally on the road you care about, not a generic “come to HQ” day that never happens. In practice, the best pizzerias we work with run two tracks—one for in-store dough talent and one for couriers—so a skilled pie guy is not getting lost in a pool of people who just want to toggle an app, and the shop finally stops eating refunds when a new hire cannot legally take the car out of the lot, which is the real Friday-night nightmare this question is designed to stop.

All hourly pizzeria roles: pizza makers, dough stretchers, oven operators, delivery drivers, counter staff, prep cooks, dishwashers, and shift leads. If the role keeps your shop running, HeyHire can fill it.

Delivery drivers are the #1 hardest role to fill in the pizza industry, and it's exactly where HeyHire excels. We filter candidates by driver's license, vehicle ownership, insurance, and proximity to your delivery zone. Drivers who live in your area already know the streets and deliver faster.

Yes. HeyHire's multi-location dashboard lets you manage hiring across all your shops from one login. Each location gets its own branded hiring page, QR code posters, and local talent pool. You can also share top candidates between locations.

Indeed and Craigslist rely on email, which pizza staff rarely check. HeyHire uses SMS — 98% open rate vs. email's 20%. We also pre-screen every applicant by experience and availability, so you never waste time reviewing unqualified applications.

For salaried leadership roles like General Managers and Area Directors, we recommend our sister company MenuTalent. They specialize in executive hospitality search. Visit menutalent.com to learn more.

Absolutely. Pizzerias see massive order spikes around football season, Super Bowl, holidays, and back-to-school. HeyHire's speed is built for exactly this. Bulk post roles, get a wave of local applicants via SMS, and staff up in days.

Yes. HeyHire integrates with Toast, Square, ADP, Gusto, Paychex, and 50+ other payroll, POS, and scheduling tools. New hires sync automatically.

Ready when you are

Fully staffed by this weekend.

15 minutes is all it takes. We'll walk through your shops, your roles, and show you exactly how HeyHire fills them faster than anything you've tried.

Flat monthly rate per locationNo per-post feesNo surprises