Ushers who actually
show up.
Trained. Insured. W-2. The people standing between your venue and a 6am phone call about three no-shows.
Front of house is the part nobody notices when it works.
Ushers are the first face your patrons see and the last hand that points them out the door. When they're good, the venue feels organized. When they're not, every other thing you got right disappears.
We staff stadiums, arenas, theaters, and conventions with people who can hold a section, work a radio, and stay calm when 8,000 people decide to leave at the same time.
They're employees, not contractors. We pay them, insure them, and stand behind them. That's the whole pitch.
Five jobs in one. None of them optional.
Wayfinding
Getting 8,000 people to the right section without the bottleneck.
near_meSeating & Sections
Holding aisles, resolving the duplicate-seat thing, keeping rows clear.
event_seatDoor & Queue Flow
Ticket and credential checks where you tell them to. No improvising.
qr_code_scannerRadio & Escalation
Trained on radio protocol. They escalate to a named lead, not a group chat.
radioADA & Guest Assistance
Quietly making the night work for guests who need a little more.
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Boring, on purpose.
The fun part of staffing is the part you don't notice. Here's what every usher we deploy is already past.
Identity verified
Screened through our W-2 agency partners. Real people, real records.
Crowd-management trained
Guest interaction, radio protocol, entry flow basics. Before they hit your floor.
Named lead on site
Every deployment has a supervisor with a name. You don't manage the crew. They do.
Insured & classified correctly
W-2 payroll. Workers' comp. General liability. The forms nobody likes filling out are filled out.
One vendor.
Every city.
Zero surprises.
We're not the cheapest option.
We're also not the option that calls you at 6am because three people no-showed.
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W-2, every shift
Employees, not contractors. Payroll taxes, withholding, classification — handled.
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Insured for what you actually face
General liability and workers' comp. The IRS audit, the slip-and-fall, the no-show — covered.
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300+ markets, one contract
National tour or one-night theater run. Same paperwork. Same standard. Same number to call.
Most events don't just need ushers.
Tell us what you're running. We'll tell you honestly what you need. Sometimes that means talking you out of what you asked for.
Registration + Line Management + Ushers
For conferences and ticketed events where the doors are the bottleneck.
Ushers + Guest Services + Booth Monitors
For trade shows and multi-day conventions with sponsor activations.
Ushers + Crowd Control + Gate Staff
For stadium and arena events where access matters more than aesthetics.
Megan Hayward
Founder & CEO, TempGuru
We built TempGuru because someone had to. Turns out that someone was us. The staffing industry needed a reality check — and FOH is where that starts.
The honest answers.
How fast can you actually deliver ushers? expand_more
24 to 48 hours in most markets. If we can't, we tell you upfront — not the night before load-in.
What makes you different from a gig app? expand_more
W-2 employment. Workers' comp. Named supervisors. A contract that means something. The gig app didn't show up to the audit. Funny how that works.
Can you scale for multi-day events and tours? expand_more
25 to 500+ per event, across multiple venues, across 300+ markets. One contract. One invoice. One number to call.
Are your ushers really W-2? expand_more
Yes. Every shift. Payroll taxes withheld, workers' comp coverage, the whole boring stack. Compliance is boring. So is a lawsuit.
What about insurance? expand_more
General liability and workers' comp on every deployment. COIs available before the event, not after the incident.
One vendor. Every city.
Zero surprises.
Tell us what you need. We'll tell you honestly what we can do. Then we'll do it.
© TempGuru · W-2 Compliant · 300+ Markets
