Why Saison exists

I worked two winters at a bar in Alpe d'Huez.

In my first season, we fired a guy. In my second, someone walked out mid-season. Two weeks later he wanted his job back. That's how hiring works in the mountains: you never really know who you're getting, unless you already know them. Every season starts as a gamble.

The moment that stuck with me came after my season, back home, hearing my boss say: "You never know who's coming back." One of the best-run bars in the Alps, and even there, staffing was guesswork. Everywhere else it's Facebook groups. Hundreds of posts, zero structure, strangers hiring strangers.

So I built Saison. Real profiles instead of anonymous comments: skills, languages, seasons worked. A match score instead of a gamble. A place where a good season actually counts for something, because your track record follows you to the next one.

That's the bigger idea. Seasonal work shouldn't reset to zero every winter. The seasons you work should build into something, for the workers and for the places that keep bringing good people back.

I'm Adil. I was behind the bar. Now I'm building the thing I wished existed.