Private workplace messaging

A workplace your whole crew can actually understand.

Sermo gives every company a private workspace where managers and employees talk in their own language. Assign work in plain words, approve who joins, and see check-ins — all from your phone.

Purchase access $99/mo Open App Store
Every languageEach person reads in the language they choose.
Manager-controlledApprove, group, and remove the people in your crew.
No live trackingOne check-in snapshot — never background location.

What managers can do

One app to run the daily back-and-forth of a real crew.

Messaging

Message anyone in the language they speak.

Direct messages, named groups, and a pinned All Staff channel. Everyone types in their own language and reads replies in theirs — Sermo translates the message and the app itself.

  • ✓ 1:1, group, and company-wide All Staff chat
  • ✓ Unread conversations are pulled to the top and emphasized
  • ✓ Group messages show who said what

Manager assistant

Assign work by just saying what you want.

Type a plain sentence and the manager assistant turns it into the right action. It only acts when the target is clear — otherwise it asks a quick question instead of guessing.

  • ✓ Create, update, or delete assignments by name and date
  • ✓ Approve people or message All Staff in one line
  • ✓ Look up an employee's schedule on demand

Access control

Approve who's in, and remove who's out.

You share an employee invite link. People who tap it land in a pending queue — nobody enters the workspace until you approve them. Remove anyone the moment they leave the company.

  • ✓ Shareable employee invite links you control
  • ✓ Pending queue with approve / reject
  • ✓ More than one manager per company is fine

Check-ins

See that the crew arrived — without tracking them.

An employee taps CHECK IN once and Sermo stores a single GPS snapshot for that moment. There is no background location and no live map following anyone around.

  • ✓ One snapshot per check-in, taken only on tap
  • ✓ Open the location in native maps
  • ✓ No background or continuous tracking, ever

How setup works

From purchase to a translating crew in an afternoon.

No accounts to provision, no passwords to hand out. A link in, a tap to approve.

STEP 01

Purchase on the web

Buy Sermo here. At checkout you enter your business name and the manager's mobile number.

STEP 02

Get your link by text

The moment payment clears, Sermo creates the workspace and texts the manager a private invite link.

STEP 03

Invite the team

Open the app as manager, then share an employee invite link by text, WhatsApp, anywhere.

STEP 04

Approve who joins

Employees tap the link and land in a pending queue. You approve each one, and they're in.

A day in the workspace

One sentence from you sets the whole crew in motion.

8:58 AM · You

Say what needs to happen

You tell the assistant, in plain language, to assign the lobby to Jen and move the huddle.

“Assign lobby cleanup to Jen at 9, and tell All Staff the huddle moved to 9:15.”
8:58 AM · The crew

Everyone is notified

Jen gets an assignment notification; All Staff gets the update — each in their own language.

New assignment · Lobby cleanup, 9:00 AM
9:02 AM · Back to you

See it land

Jen checks in from the lobby with a single GPS snapshot, and you see it on your check-ins screen.

Checked in Jen · 9:02 AM

Built for real crews

For teams where language gets between the manager and the work.

Sermo fits small businesses with one decision-maker, shifts spread across sites, and employees who speak different languages.

Cleaning companies Restaurants Hotels Construction crews Landscaping teams Warehouses Moving companies Home-care agencies

Pricing

Simple pricing, one workspace at a time.

Start a private company workspace today. Add people as the crew grows.

Company plan

$99/ month per company

Includes up to 20 users. Additional users are $3 per user / month.

  • ✓ Private company workspace
  • ✓ Manager-controlled invites & approvals
  • ✓ 1:1, group, and All Staff chat — translated
  • ✓ Manager assistant & assignments
  • ✓ Check-ins with one-time GPS snapshots
Purchase access

One-time setup

$0 $299

Setup is waived for early company customers while Sermo onboards its first workspaces.

  • Workspace creation
  • Manager onboarding
  • Employee invite link setup
  • Launch support

Privacy-minded by design

Store what the workspace needs — and not much else.

Sermo keeps the essentials — names, languages, roles, membership — and keeps conversations light. Chat history lives mainly on each person's device, and check-ins are single snapshots, never a live trail.

  • ✓ One GPS snapshot per check-in, on tap
  • ✓ No background or continuous location
  • ✓ Managers approve every member
  • ✓ Lightweight, device-first message storage

FAQ

What managers ask first.

Does everyone need to speak English?

No. Each person picks a preferred language, and every message is translated for the reader.

Can I control who joins?

Yes. People who tap an invite link sit pending until you approve or reject them. You can also remove anyone later.

Does Sermo track my employees?

No live tracking. A check-in stores one GPS snapshot only when the employee taps check in. There is no background location.

What is the manager assistant?

A manager-only helper. Type what you want — assign work, approve someone, message All Staff — and it does it, or asks a question if anything is unclear.

How do employees get in?

You share an employee invite link. They install Sermo, choose their name and language, and request access. You approve them.

Is this a replacement for Slack or Teams?

For many frontline crews, yes. Sermo focuses on simple mobile messaging, manager control, assignments, and translation.

Give your crew one place to talk, assign, and stay in sync.

Buy once, text the manager a link, invite the team — and everyone understands each other from day one.

Purchase access $99/mo Open App Store