When Shift premiered in May<\/a>, I quickly booked myself a spot. When the cleaners arrived two weeks later, I was nervous. Who were these strangers in my shoebox apartment? I grew even more nervous when they texted me 10 minutes before my appointment time that another staffer \u2014\u00a0a chef! \u2014\u00a0would be joining.<\/p>\n Eventually, though, I relaxed. It was free, after all.<\/p>\n The Shift cleaners had cameras on their baseball caps, with a wire hanging down.\u00a0<\/p>\n Henry Chandonnet\/Business Insider<\/p>\n The cleaners came first<\/p>\n When Shift’s cleaners arrived at my apartment, I was hesitant. These were 20-somethings, wearing baggy white polos and suiting up with baseball caps<\/a> attached to cameras.<\/p>\n The cameras hung off the brim of their caps. While they weren’t walking around with large camcorders, the wires hanging off the cameras were still highly visible.<\/p>\n The cleaners mostly used a mix of their supplies and mine. They took about 90 minutes of the two-hour slot. I was working while they cleaned, and they rarely disrupted me, which I appreciated.<\/p>\n The Shift cleaners vacuumed all over my apartment.\u00a0<\/p>\n Henry Chandonnet\/Business Insider<\/p>\n I wasn’t overly impressed with the cleaning. (When my roommate came home, he asked: Did they even come?) Still, the service was free, and I liked not having to vacuum myself.<\/p>\n Shift surprised me with a three-course meal<\/p>\n About 10 minutes after the cleaners arrived, I heard a knock on the door. Chef James was here.<\/p>\n James wore the same uniform: white polo, baseball cap, wire running up the neck. He set up in my kitchen and asked if I had any allergies or dietary preferences<\/a>.<\/p>\n Chef James brought his own ingredients but used my kitchen supplies.\u00a0<\/p>\n Henry Chandonnet\/Business Insider<\/p>\n I had no idea what James had come to cook. (I didn’t even know Shift had a chef service!) It turned out that my work lunch would be a three-course meal. James brought the ingredients himself and only used my pans, knives, and plates.<\/p>\n My favorite was the entr\u00e9e: seared tuna with coriander salt, Meyer lemon, artichokes, sugar snap peas, and asparagus. My least favorite was the appetizer, a cured salmon belly that was vastly overpowered by mustard oil. I saved the dessert, a light cake with whipped cream and strawberries, for later.<\/p>\n The chef service was Shift’s peak. I don’t have anything sensitive in my kitchen, so I didn’t have to worry about him filming, say, a passport. And who doesn’t love free food?<\/p>\n Chef James’ entr\u00e9e was my favorite.\u00a0<\/p>\n Henry Chandonnet\/Business Insider<\/p>\n My final takeaways<\/p>\n About thirty minutes into the cleaning, I got used to the wires and baseball caps milling around my apartment.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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