diff --git a/web/app/src/assets/base.css b/web/app/src/assets/base.css
index dc0810a4..beb70ef7 100644
--- a/web/app/src/assets/base.css
+++ b/web/app/src/assets/base.css
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ footer {
   margin-left: var(--spacer-sm);
 }
 
-.btn-bar .btn[disabled] {
+.btn[disabled] {
   background-color: transparent;
   border-color: var(--color-text-muted);
   color: var(--color-text-muted);
@@ -272,12 +272,12 @@ footer {
   pointer-events: none;
 }
 
-.btn-bar .btn:hover:not([disabled]) {
+.btn:hover:not([disabled]) {
   transition: all 100ms;
   color: white;
 }
 
-.btn-bar .btn:focus {
+.btn:focus {
   /* Make sure the outline is clearly visible inside the button. */
   outline-offset: -0.5em;
 }
diff --git a/web/app/src/components/workers/WorkerActionsBar.vue b/web/app/src/components/workers/WorkerActionsBar.vue
index 620800b4..af37d913 100644
--- a/web/app/src/components/workers/WorkerActionsBar.vue
+++ b/web/app/src/components/workers/WorkerActionsBar.vue
@@ -1,48 +1,82 @@
 <template>
-  <div class="btn-bar workers">
-    <button class="btn wakeup" v-on:click="onButtonWakeup">Wake Up</button>
-    <button class="btn sleep" v-on:click="onButtonSleep">Sleep</button>
-    <button class="btn offline dangerous" v-on:click="onButtonOffline">Offline</button>
-  </div>
+  <select v-model="selectedAction">
+      <option value="" selected><template v-if="!hasActiveWorker">Select a Worker</template><template v-else>Choose an Action</template></option>
+      <option v-for="(action, key) in WORKER_ACTIONS" :value="key">{{ action.label }}</option>
+  </select>
+  <button
+      :disabled="!canPerformAction"
+      class="btn"
+      @click.prevent="performWorkerAction"
+      >Apply</button>
 </template>
 
-<script>
+<script setup>
+import { computed, ref } from 'vue'
 import { useWorkers } from '@/stores/workers';
 import { useNotifs } from '@/stores/notifications';
+import { WorkerMgtApi, WorkerStatusChangeRequest } from '@/manager-api';
+import { apiClient } from '@/stores/api-query-count';
 
-export default {
-  name: "WorkerActionsBar",
-  data: () => ({
-    workers: useWorkers(),
-    notifs: useNotifs(),
-  }),
-  computed: {
-  },
-  methods: {
-    onButtonWakeup() {
-      return this._handleWorkerActionPromise(
-        this.workers.reqStatusAwake());
+/* Freeze to prevent Vue.js from creating getters & setters all over this object.
+ * We don't need it to be tracked, as it won't be changed anyway. */
+const WORKER_ACTIONS = Object.freeze({
+    offline_lazy: {
+        label: 'Shut Down (after task is finished)',
+        icon: '✝',
+        title: 'Shut down the worker after the current task finishes. The worker may automatically restart.',
+        target_status: 'offline',
+        lazy: true,
     },
-    onButtonSleep() {
-      return this._handleWorkerActionPromise(
-        this.workers.reqStatusAsleep());
+    offline_immediate: {
+        label: 'Shut Down (immediately)',
+        icon: '✝!',
+        title: 'Immediately shut down the worker. It may automatically restart.',
+        target_status: 'offline',
+        lazy: false,
     },
-    onButtonOffline() {
-      return this._handleWorkerActionPromise(
-        this.workers.reqStatusOffline());
+    asleep_lazy: {
+        label: 'Send to Sleep (after task is finished)',
+        icon: '😴',
+        title: 'Let the worker sleep after finishing this task.',
+        target_status: 'asleep',
+        lazy: true,
     },
+    asleep_immediate: {
+        label: 'Send to Sleep (immediately)',
+        icon: '😴!',
+        title: 'Let the worker sleep immediately.',
+        target_status: 'asleep',
+        lazy: false,
+    },
+    wakeup: {
+        label: 'Wake Up',
+        icon: '😃',
+        title: 'Wake the worker up. A sleeping worker can take a minute to respond.',
+        target_status: 'awake',
+        lazy: false,
+    },
+});
 
-    _handleWorkerActionPromise(promise) {
-      return promise
-        .catch((error) => {
-          const errorMsg = JSON.stringify(error); // TODO: handle API errors better.
-          this.notifs.add(`Error: ${errorMsg}`);
-        })
-    },
+const selectedAction = ref('');
+const workers = useWorkers();
+const hasActiveWorker = computed(() => !!workers.activeWorkerID);
+const canPerformAction = computed(() => hasActiveWorker && !!selectedAction.value);
+const notifs = useNotifs();
+
+function performWorkerAction() {
+  const workerID = workers.activeWorkerID;
+  if (!workerID) {
+    notifs.add("Select a Worker before applying an action.");
+    return;
   }
+
+  const api = new WorkerMgtApi(apiClient);
+  const action = WORKER_ACTIONS[selectedAction.value];
+  const statuschange = new WorkerStatusChangeRequest(action.target_status, action.lazy);
+  console.log("Requesting worker status change", statuschange);
+  api.requestWorkerStatusChange(workerID, statuschange)
+    .then((result) => notifs.add(`Worker status change to ${action.target_status} confirmed.`))
+    .catch((error) => notifs.add(`Error requesting worker status change: ${error}`));
 }
 
 </script>
-
-<style scoped>
-</style>
diff --git a/web/app/src/stores/notifications.js b/web/app/src/stores/notifications.js
index 405dbf87..537b17cf 100644
--- a/web/app/src/stores/notifications.js
+++ b/web/app/src/stores/notifications.js
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ export const useNotifs = defineStore('notifications', {
       let msg = `Worker ${workerUpdate.name}`;
       if (workerUpdate.previous_status && workerUpdate.previous_status != workerUpdate.status) {
         msg += ` changed status ${workerUpdate.previous_status} ➜ ${workerUpdate.status}`;
+        this.add(msg);
       }
-      this.add(msg)
     },
 
     /* Ensure there is only 1000 items in the history. */
diff --git a/web/app/src/stores/workers.js b/web/app/src/stores/workers.js
index 315c09a0..d90a9788 100644
--- a/web/app/src/stores/workers.js
+++ b/web/app/src/stores/workers.js
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 import { defineStore } from 'pinia'
 
-import { WorkerMgtApi, WorkerStatusChangeRequest } from '@/manager-api';
-import { apiClient } from '@/stores/api-query-count';
-
-
-const api = new WorkerMgtApi(apiClient);
-
 // 'use' prefix is idiomatic for Pinia stores.
 // See https://pinia.vuejs.org/core-concepts/
 export const useWorkers = defineStore('workers', {
@@ -43,23 +37,5 @@ export const useWorkers = defineStore('workers', {
         activeWorkerID: "",
       });
     },
-
-    reqStatusAwake() { return this.requestStatus("awake"); },
-    reqStatusAsleep() { return this.requestStatus("asleep"); },
-    reqStatusOffline() { return this.requestStatus("offline"); },
-
-    /**
-     * Transition the active worker to the new status.
-     * @param {string} newStatus
-     * @returns a Promise for the API request.
-     */
-     requestStatus(newStatus) {
-      if (!this.activeWorkerID) {
-        console.warn(`requestStatus(${newStatus}) impossible, no active worker ID`);
-        return;
-      }
-      const statuschange = new WorkerStatusChangeRequest(newStatus, false);
-      return api.requestWorkerStatusChange(this.activeWorkerID, statuschange);
-    },
   },
 })