I have also found shifts have been put into the wrong schedule from that employee that requested and was granted the shift.

You can build out templates and schedule people out for months or even years. Employees love having their schedules at their fingertips and the ease of trading shifts makes life easy.

Pretty good, feel it is better suited for businesses that have less variations week to week in terms of shifts and people scheduled though.

They are good about communicating upcoming changes and down time. Overall it is an easy, simple scheduling and timeclock tool.

Easy to use and not glitchy, nice colours, useful communication with peers and co-workers and management.

Ease of use, exceptional sales and implementation staff. If you schedule your employees you need to look at MakeShift today.

The features are very tedious and require so many more steps than necessary. I can't easily access my schedule without going through multiple avenues first.

I wish we could drag and drop schedules for several people at one time.

It is very convenient to use and User friendly. I would recommend it to others.

Login from ADP is inconvenient and time consuming.

Ability to download to excel and print off hard copy.

Once I got used to it, which was pretty quickly, I was able to access my co-workers schedules with the greatest of ease.

Having to use 3 apps - manager app, scheduling app, and messenger app, makes it hard to manage.

Integration with ADP Canada is very important for the [SENSITIVE CONTENT.

I could be unaware of where to find it, but i can;t find a time off accrual function.

We love working with MakeShift. The customer support is super helpful and incredibly responsive.

Features particular to restaurants would be helpful.

The inability to control employee availability changes.

Employees love the flexibility of being able to request days off and to switch/pick up shifts with their co-workers.

Great for checking schedule and posting open shifts.

MakeShift is an easy to use scheduling tool that can stand alone or integrate with ADP/Bamboo HR to import existing employees.

Great product for you if simplicity is important.

Very good awesome software  I really like it to use.

Also being able to book off individual days without the software thinking I’m trying to book off a whole block.

TheMakeShift team has always been very helpful to us to solve problems; advise on best setup practices and revive feedback to improve the tool.

As of now, MakeShift will only give you a shift sync error if you unintentionally schedule a shift on a day with a PTO request.

Overall experience is very good from the product itself, to the online support.

Solid layout and easy to use for both employers and employees.

I like the ease of bidding on available shifts and having a snapshot of my schedule.

Also, My website is easier to use from a cell phone now. It's worth paying the extra money for each month.

Customer service has always been helpful if I had a question or issue. The software has integrated well with my QuickBooks software so that's been helpful as I'm learning QB.

I had trouble with my labels in the printing mode. I use a different size of label than they have on file.

The product is incredibly user friendly, can be used on any device (not tied to a license on one desktop machine like other systems) and support is great.

Every one has been wonderful beyond any expectations. Thank you to each and every one of them.

But we are happy with the functionality and effectiveness of Rain. The fact that Rain is continually improving and updating their system has only increased our satisfaction over the years.

Disappointing compared to the hype of what you are getting.

He literally told me that Rep is innocent until proven guilty. Customer service at its finest.

Lack of integration with shipping companies. Cumbersome uploads to QuickBooks.

They are constantly improving, updating and listening to customer suggestions to make their product even better.

I've had at least 2-3 calls to different technicians ag in a row where I just felt bad for even calling.

Rental, class, and automatically populating the website is a big help for us saving time. It hasn't really made us more money as advertised.

Overall, my experience has been quite positive. In fact I have recommended them to other local business owners.

The word processor can be a problem when trying to change font sizes.

I was using another online web service when I heard about Rain (Like Sew). I like what they were offering and the price was great compared to what I was paying.

RAIN was super helpful in transferring our data from our old POS system (TRS) to their system. It has been easy to train staff to use the system.

Label printing is terrible. No dimension option for shipping calculations.

I like how integrated everything is - purchasing, receiving inventory, online and in-store transactions. Adding new products through almost any of my vendors is fast and easy.

The layouts were clean and simple. The customer support was generally responsive when we needed their help.

I want to upload my own pretty newsletter and not have it get distorted. Using the newsletter feature on the site is boring.

Tech support is wonderful. They are constantly updating and improving the software.

I love that they're always improving it and take our input.

My longtime email address was now blocked from sending. I had to purchase a business email and the integration was rather difficult.

We have recommended the product to quite a few other shops and want to make sure that it fits their accounting needs as well.

Product is very easy to use. It's nice that I can put items on my website right from the product page.

The fact that everything was based on the internet meant that we couldn’t use the cash register. This led to a loss of sales.

Happy, just keep the costs down. Remember we are not selling iPhones or over-priced clothes.

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MakeShift is a web and mobile employee scheduling solution for people-first businesses in fast-paced industries such as healthcare, hospitality, retail, construction, and recreation. It lets you build schedules faster, track time and attendance more accurately and communicate with employees in real-time, and on the go.

Using MakeShift’s web or mobile app (Android or iOS), managers and schedulers can easily see who is available to work, identify gaps, and quickly build schedules based on projected or actual demand. It’s all drag and drop with ready-made or custom shift templates and intuitive shortcuts like “Copy and Paste Schedule” and “Repeat Last Week”.

Managers can also track time & attendance more accurately with GPS-enabled clock in and clock out functionality. This ensures that the right people are working at the right place, at the right time. 

Syncing timesheets to popular payroll and HR solutions such as ADP, BambooHR, Intuit QuickBooks, and Alliance HCM is also seamless via MakeShift’s built-in integrations with these systems.

On the employee side of things, MakeShift makes the scheduling process collaborative by letting employees enter their preferred availability for managers to see, as well as pick, drop and swap shifts with their co-workers right from their smartphone. Real-time communication keeps managers in the loop on any changes and lets them approve or decline shift exchanges immediately. The result? Fewer unfilled shifts, better work-life balance, happier employees and a healthier bottom line. 

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Employee Management

Leave Tracking

Faculty/Staff Management

Real-time Scheduling

Mobile Alerts

Time Tracking

Access Controls/Permissions

Vacation/Leave Tracking

Schedule Distribution

Shift Swapping

Task Scheduling

Single Sign On

Time Clock

Attendance Management

Attendance Tracking

Timesheet Management

Approval Process Control

Communication Management

Calendar Management

Scheduling

Data Import/Export

Clock In/Out

Multiple Projects

Employee Self Service

Multi-Location

Self Service Portal

Availability Indicator

Employee Time Tracking

Online Scheduling

Project Time Tracking

Time Off Requests

Mobile Access

Skills Tracking

Real-Time Data

Messaging/Shift Dispatching

Overtime Calculation

Event Scheduling

Real-Time Notifications

Time & Attendance

Real-Time Updates

Budgeting/Forecasting

Time Off Management

Alerts/Notifications

Labor Management

Employee Database

Automated Scheduling

Chat/Messaging

Availability Management

Calendar Sync

Shift Scheduling

Job Scheduling

Real Time Reporting

Facility Scheduling

Reporting/Analytics

Employee Profiles

Employee Scheduling

Online Time Clock

Payroll Management

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Employee Portal

Third-Party Integrations

Labor Forecasting

File Sharing

Real-Time Chat

Physician Management

Appointment Scheduling

Compliance Management

Contractor Database

Billable & Non-Billable Hours

Online Time Tracking

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Rain is an all-in-one point-of-sale, website, and marketing system for small to midsized retailers.  Music, dive, sporting goods, paddle, craft, sewing, quilting, and clothing boutiques will find Rain is an excellent fit for their stores.

Features that separate Rain from the competition include POS/Website integration, integrated email & text message marketing, class management with online signup, rental management, invoicing with online payments, service & repair tracking, and consignment management. 

Multi-store capable, Rain’s real-time POS and web store are integrated through a single database, ensuring inventory levels are always accurate in-store and online. With access to Wi-Fi or a mobile hotspot, employees can check or update inventory, make sales, process rentals or work orders from anywhere inside or outside of their store.

Rain POS is PCI and DSS security compliant, and provides secure cloud backups. Retailers have user management and permission controls to grant employees only the level of access needed.

Additional features include unlimited users, CRM, rewards program, coupons, gift cards, reporting, vendor catalogs at no additional charge, serialized inventory, purchase orders, unlimited SKUs and QuickBooks integration.



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