New App Could Disrupt Employee Relationship with Company HR

Launched in October, a new AI-powered app called Wrk Receipts seeks to provide users with employment advice and provide a digital platform for documentation. A self-described “workplace trauma survivor,” the app’s creator, Cierra Gross, is marketing the app as “revolutionizing how employees advocate for themselves and navigate their careers.”

Why it matters: The premise behind the app is the idea that corporate HR has failed as a trusted source of information. A recent Forbes article and the company’s website blog also describe the app as an antidote to Project 2025’s perceived anti-worker stance.

The big picture: Wrk Receipts allows users to log their “receipts” (user’s description of a workplace event) under three categories: Adversity, Accomplishments, and Time Off. 

• After setting up a personal and work profile, the app uses AI to evaluate the user’s story and provide advice. 

• Adversity receipts, for example, include a broad range of subcategories like underpaid, disability accommodation denied, and microaggression. 

• The app also asks about the impact of the event on the user’s mental health and any witnesses. 

• Users can email their receipts to lawyers, therapists, or trusted advisors from the app. AI drafts letters describing the issue that users can send to their company’s HR department.

What they’re saying: The app has enrolled over 2500 users in its first months on the market. 

• At best, it could increase worker’s understanding of their basic rights enabling them to have more productive conversations with HR. 

• At worst, it could come between employees and their own HR departments, affecting the ability to build corporate culture and reinforce company policies. It could also lead to increased litigation.

The bottom line: Building and reinforcing trust with HR as part of your corporate culture is more important than ever as outside entities enter the market.