How The Work League works.

Three ways to join

Self-register at your company's Work League site, join from a link shared in Slack, Teams, or email, or — for leagues open to anyone — browse and join right from the app once you're in. All three land in the same place.

Logging in with your phone (OTP / SMS)

Enter your mobile number, get a one-time code by text, type it in, and you're in. There are no passwords — your verified phone is your identity. If your employer pre-added you, your account links automatically on first login.

Your one-time consent choice

On the way in, you choose once: opt in to reminders and announcements by text, or choose "No thanks." Either way you can use everything. Login codes are always sent regardless, because they're security, not marketing.

Your profile

Your profile holds your name, contact, and photo; a skill or rating where an activity uses one — a chess rating, for example; what you're interested in playing, so the system can point you at the right leagues and casual matches; your notification switches; and a running history of the leagues and tournaments you've been part of.

Home — your activities at a glance

Each activity you're into gets its own tile, and tapping one opens what you can do next: find a match, submit a result, join a league, or enter a tournament. Add an activity any time you want to get into something new.

The Leader tab — standings

Live standings for every league at your company, not just the ones you're in — see how a league runs before you join it. Pick an activity, then a league, to see the full table and who to contact if you have a question.

The Directory tab — find someone to play

Your company sets its own filters for each activity — things like availability, location, or whatever else helps you find a good match. Search across every answer, and widen the pool to include league members too if you want the most options.

Recording a result

First, say whether it's a league match or a casual one — casual matches don't require being in a league for that activity, so you can post a result the moment you find someone to play. Then pick your opponent and the game type, enter the result, add any details, and see exactly how it moves the standings before you submit.

Tournaments

See what's open for registration, what's active or upcoming, and your company's tournament history — each with slot counts and format. Register or join the waitlist, follow the season leaderboard as it tracks points and participation across every tournament, and check event details as it plays out.

What you'll be notified about

Two things: a result posted in one of your matches, and company or league announcements. Nothing else pings you.

The three roles

• Company Admin — owns your company's program end to end; typically HR or People-Ops.
• League Admin — runs a single league, often an employee who volunteers.
• Tournament Director — runs a company tournament.

All admins are also players — the admin console and the player app are the same account.

Your first login

Your program creates your admin account; you activate it just like employees do, with your phone plus a texted code. The same one-time consent choice applies to you.

Where you land, and moving around

A Company Admin lands on the admin dashboard; a League Admin on their league; a Tournament Director on their tournament. "View as Member" switches you into the employee-facing app, and your avatar menu gets you back.

Company branding

Send us your logo, mark, and brand colors and we'll set them up for you — applied across your branded space at yourcompany.theworkleague.com, so the program feels like yours from the first screen. It's part of onboarding, not something you configure yourself.

People

View the roster; grant or remove roles; deactivate people who leave; and search across everyone by name, phone, or email. Adding or pre-loading employees happens from within a league's Registrations tab, not the roster page.

Delegating

Assign a League Admin to a league to empower an employee to run it, and assign a Tournament Director to a tournament. You keep oversight without having to run every day yourself.

Track how employees are actually connecting: who's expressed interest in each activity, what share of them have been contacted, median time to first contact, and who's been reached most in the last 30 days — broken out by activity, with casual and league interest distinguished.

Create the league

A short wizard walks you through it: pick the activity; name the league and choose Structured or Open Play; set the maximum matches per person and whether registrations auto-approve; and set season and registration dates.

Registration questions

Step 3 of the wizard — set the questions people answer to join, and the options they choose from, per activity.

The join link & QR code

Drop it in Slack or Teams, email it, or print it — the same link and QR code get people straight into the league.

Approving players

Approve, reject, or waitlist registrations, and handle late registration and the waitlist as the season fills.

The match schedule (structured leagues)

Generate the schedule, review the pairings, swap a pairing if you need to, and approve it.

Standings

Live from submitted results, with everyone listed — including players who haven't played yet, parked at the bottom until their first match.

Results

View results and their detail; edit a result with a required note and an audit trail that preserves the original; and post a match on behalf of two employees when needed.

Communications

Send an announcement by text or by email — pick one channel per send — using one of several templates, or write your own. Filter recipients by participation or points, and see exactly who matches before you send.

Create the tournament, then add, approve, or waitlist registrants. For 2-person formats, teams and pairings are auto-balanced, with swapping when you need it. Enter results into the leaderboard, send tournament communications, and track a season leaderboard where points never reset and participation counts.

• What the system sends automatically — match-posted notifications to the players involved.
• Employee privacy and consent — text is strictly opt-in, email honors unsubscribe, and you see who was actually reached, not who you targeted.
• Reaching everyone — email is the universal floor; text is the opt-in bonus that grows as more employees join.
• Enterprise-grade foundations — the security and identity underneath are built by a firm that does this for a living.