Today, I’m bummed to say that we will be shutting down Friday and ceasing operations. The app will be turned off on June 3rd, 2022.

If you are a Friday customer, please continue to read more about next steps and how we aim to make this transition as smooth as possible for you.

The backstory

I started Friday (originally it was called Friday Feedback) as a nights and weekends project back in 2016 after spending a few years working remotely. Despite the autonomy and lack of a commute, working from anywhere still felt way too tough. I didn’t know what people were working on, I didn’t know my coworkers, and I didn’t really understand how my work fit into the bigger picture.

After working on this side project for a few years, I decided I had to pursue the opportunity full-time. If I didn’t, I would always regret it if I didn’t try. In the fall of 2019, we raised a pre-seed round of investment and I jumped in FT and hired a few engineers.

Fast forward a few months – we publicly launched the new version a couple weeks before Covid arrived in the US. For the next two years, remote work became the new normal. We raised a seed round in the Fall of 2020 and continued to build.

Today, the number of organizations that offer remote/flexible work has exploded. It’s been amazing to see this change despite the circumstances. This flexibility is good for society and leads to stronger families, engaged local communities, and a