The New JobSite Recon: Built to Be Fast, Not Complicated

We retired tag categories and simplified every rating on JobSite Recon down to a single 1-10 score — faster to leave, faster to read, and just as useful across every jobsite and contractor nationwide.

JobSite Recon: Now what?

If you've used JobSite Recon before, you've probably rated a jobsite or a contractor the old way — clicking through category after category, hunting for the tag that best described what actually happened, then submitting a review that took longer to fill out than it should have. We heard about it. A lot.

Starting this week, that's gone. JobSite Recon runs on a single, simple system: pick a number from 1 to 10, submit, done. No categories to sort through, no guessing which tag fits best. Just a fast, clean rating that respects the fact that your day is already full.

Two Scores, One Simple Format

Everything on the platform now comes down to two ratings, both on the same 1-to-10 scale.

The JobSite Complexity Score covers the physical and logistical side of a job — access, terrain, layout, utilities on site. A low score flags something more demanding: tough access, uneven terrain, tighter logistics. A high score means a straightforward site — flat ground, easy access, standard conditions — so you know what you're walking into before you're standing in the driveway working out how the truck's going to get in.

The Contractor Operational Rating covers how a general contractor or subcontractor runs a job — scheduling, coordination, communication logistics. It's not a personality read or a trust score. It's a quick signal for what working together on a project actually looked like, from people who've actually been on the job.

Why We Cut the Extra Steps

The old system asked a lot of you before you could finish a single review. Multiple categories, multiple decisions, multiple clicks — all before you could get back to the actual work. A rating system only works if people actually use it, and every extra step is a reason to close the app instead. Cutting it down to one number means more contractors leave ratings, which means more addresses and more businesses have real data behind them, which makes the whole platform more useful for everyone searching it.

It also makes every rating easier to read at a glance. A single number is a single number — nothing to parse, nothing to interpret differently than the next person. What you see is exactly what someone else saw when they left it.

Same Coverage, Same Access

Nothing about how the platform works day to day has changed. Search any address or contractor, nationwide, the moment you're signed in. Basic accounts still get a set number of searches and ratings each month at no cost; Premium still removes those limits and adds filtering and direct messaging for coordinating with other professionals on the platform.

If you left ratings under the old system, they're still there — your 1-to-10 score carries over exactly as you left it. The tag details are gone, but the rating itself never moved.

Built for People Who'd Rather Be Working

This update isn't about doing less. It's about cutting out everything that wasn't actually useful. A fast rating you'll actually leave beats a detailed one you'll skip. A number you can read in a second beats a paragraph you have to interpret. That's the whole idea behind JobSite Recon now: less time filling out forms, more time on the next job.

Log in, take a look at what's changed, and leave your first 1-to-10 rating in about three seconds. Welcome to the new JobSite Recon.

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