Crew is a great platform for our team!

My partner company started with crew, then left to a competitor product that turned out to be awful for our needs. We are now back on Crew and you can immediately see the difference in participation, communication, and productivity.

Pros

Easy to use and add members. Lots of space for file storage and sharing. Immediate responses and notifications when someone needs help.

Cons

Nothing that I have found. When we left I was hopeful but really disliked the new app. I am so glad we are back on Crew!

Easy team networking without having to give out your personal line!

Overall we love Crew. It does exactly what we need by creating a networking chat group filled with competitive friendly banter. We have a sales team with a relatively high turnover so it would be nearly impossible to have a consistent group text message (adding and deleting people often). This keeps it easy to add people to our organization and, best of all, no one has to give out their personal cellphone numbers - keeping personal and work life separate! It has also been a great place to keep frequently used reference sheets like cost of goods lists and other files reps may need in the field, you can quickly find these at a glance using the "Team Files" feature. Adding and confirming or completing tasks is simple and helps our staff stay on top of pressing issues or clients that need to be followed up on.

Pros

- Easy to add and delete new users - Simple to use - Networking within a team or organization without having to give out your personal phone number - Great functionality for "rewarding" team members for a job well done - Free version includes ability to add team files, resources, and tasks - Assign tasks to specific users - Group and direct messaging

Cons

Could be organized a little better. The layout and main "Chat" tab shows all of your conversations and resources - but it mixes them in order of most recent without an option to organize them differently. This gets a little messy when you have direct messages among Team Files, Tasks, and "Everyone" chat groups.

Crew

This works alright as a free software, but it certainly doesn't have the overall capabilities to be your only scheduling software for any complex industry.

Pros

Crew is great for messaging employees, and especially for sending out mass announcements.

Cons

It's a little difficult to use for scheduling when there are various job roles and departments. It also is notorious among staff for sending way too many annoying notifications.

Fanatastic Tool For Part-Time Staff Schedules & Communication

I have loved using Crew! I used it in managing a library staff with varied hours, guaranteed shifts, shift changes and more. I have deployed it with my current venture of managing cleaning schedules/responsibilities with staff members for short term rental properties. It has worked great!

Pros

Crew is a great software/app for managing part-time staff with varied schedules and responsibilities. Super easy deployment, versatility in how your structure the communication portals and makes schedule switching functional.

Cons

Crew is not a robust tool that solves every situation or use case. Some area could be flushed out or you have to develop your own situational workflow to compensate for things. However, the good outweighs the limitations and if they tried to solve for every situation it would simply be another robust and complicated tool that becomes out-priced for how it would be used.

Amazing!

This makes communicating fun at work. Doctors can take pictures of animals in treatment and do rounds with each other without being there in person. Awesome!

Pros

Everyone doesn’t have to clutter up their phone with the phone numbers of all the employees. We are able to add everyone, create groups and text back and forth through the app. We need this with this era. The more communication the better.

Cons

Not much. Love all the capabilities. Would be great to have chats organized more.

Staff Scheduling in a Breeze

Pros

Crew was a godsend when we found it. We had been attempting to get by with scheduling using a variety of calendar methods, but Crew took the place of all of them quickly and easily. We can schedule our events and allow staff to request them. We can use the software to set up meetings and to chat with staff if needed. And the support team is just a chat away within the software if you ever need them.

Cons

Sometimes it's clunky to switch between companies. There are some features that have been slow to roll out.

Group Messaging Hero

Offered a special incentive of dress-down day if they replied to message on Crew - that really helped opt-in rate of staff! I like the login using your cell # instead of a random password and username for staff. I enjoy the option to add additional companies or divisions within my dashboard by upgrading to Pro. Good customer support.

Pros

During Covid we needed a way to message entire group or specific teams. This allows me to send out announcements and allow team to discuss projects. Small group or 1 on 1 messaging without having to share personal cell # between staff members. Being remote 100% has been a challenge but Crew saved our team! Biggest plus is I can remove staff who no longer work here and control notifications. Simple to use.

Cons

A little feedback from staff about late PM messaging, but that also happened in a group text too. The task assignments are a little difficult to edit recurring tasks. Wish the SCHEDULE feature was more dynamic than just a photo of the printed schedule. When someone joins it sends an intro to the whole group, some find that embarrassing. - minor irritation.

Highly recommend!

Pros

My company has used Crew for a long time now. It’s great to have all of our company communications in one place. Highly useful tool.

Cons

I’d like more support from customer service in how to fully optimize the software.

Perfect for what we needed

Works pretty decently as we needed a better way to contact everyone even if they weren't here for a few days.

Pros

It is a great way for our team to communicate more effectively and efficiently and with less confusition on who messages are intended for.

Cons

It gives the option for notifications which sometimes leaves messages unread because it's not seen right away.

Handy app for coworkers

Pros

Sometimes it is difficult to get everyone's number at work - but your boss has everyone's number and can connect coworkers via crew. It's an excellent route for shift coverage, a place to ask questions if you're at work and no one there knows the answer, for distributing the schedule, for general camaraderie and ideas. Keeps people's number private too.

Cons

I don't have any complaints about the software. Crew has some built in messages to try and get people to utilize certain functions that look a little messy in the feed. The calendar might be a bit superfluous - seems like a lot of extra work to upload all the info there. We don't use it, we just use pictures for schedules and things.

Simple communication program with employees

Overall I feel indifferent to Crew. I'm not actively looking to change but if I found something that seemed like it may work better I would be willing to switch.

Pros

It is easy to send a mass text to all of my staff and we are able to send announcements to everyone quickly. It makes communicating simple information to everyone quickly and effectively.

Cons

I have to mute many of the conversations because I get notifications when everyone responds. Not sure if there is a way to turn off sound notifications but I've looked and haven't found anything.

Great For Scheduling

Pros

The app makes it extremely easy to schedule my team for their shifts, as well as sending updates and notifications. The app stores employee availability for easy access and reference.

Cons

Constant notification to purchase full app, and customer service asking if i need help using, this becomes tiresome and overbearing at times.

Crew keep my crew connected!

Pros

It's so easy to use and keep the whole crew connected and communicating.

Cons

The portion of the app designed to help create the CREW schedule is not as user friendly as I had hoped.

Team uses the Crew Messaging App

The Crew Messaging App is not just for work. Any organization can use these features.

Pros

You do not need to know telephone numbers of the other people you communicate with in order to use the app.

Cons

Like any new technology, there are imperfections, but every new version gets better.

First time user

Pros

I like that we can communicate with all employees and we get group messages

Cons

I don't like that we get group messages when it should be chat messages but I think that is a user issue

Love it

Pros

It’s easy to communicate with employees using crew. Having a group chat is simple and then having private messages are easy.

Cons

They have default groups that have created that have created some confusion.

Wow! Ease of use! So much help from Crew support! Great for communication!

Pros

Communication! No more texting everyone individually. Easy to use, don't have to explain much to new people.

Cons

So far nothing really. Need to get a few features I've recommended but that will be worked on in the future I'm sure

Crew is an amazing addition to our team communication

Pros

It is so easy to use. If you have questions, all you have to do is contact them or get answers on the app itself. My crew loves the ability to mass message when needed. They love the fact that we can post a schedule

Saved our team management

I will be using this app for a long time. There's nothing quite like to it there

Pros

Scheduling and communicating with everyone is a breeze. Also the reminders are great because everyone knows when they are scheduled.

Cons

All the power is in the hand of the admins and if you are not one than you wished you had access to some of the changing power.

Great for Scheduling

We love it using Crew for our scheduling and communication between co-workers.

Pros

We use this software for scheduling workers. We like that it is free to use and has an app and sends you alerts.

Cons

Some of our workers had a hard time figuring out how to see their schedule on the app but after a month everyone got it down pretty well.

We use Crew to coordinate cleaning shifts for a yoga studio.

Pros

I love using Crew to be able to chat with fellow cleaners and get my shifts covered/pick up shifts. I was not on the app for my first month or so, and I absolutely love not having to bother the woman who organizes the shift, every time I have a conflict. It is especially useful for us because we clean alone and I have yet to meet another cleaner.

Cons

No ones shift schedule is available to view on the app. It would be useful to see my schedule along with everyone else's somewhere in the app. Also, I would like to turn on notifications ONLY when my shifts are covered or the other cleaner approves my request for a shift. I do not need to know what is going on in the chat all the time, but I also do not want to constantly have to check the app to make sure someone has covered my shift.

Be in A Crew

Easy to connect with manager about switching schedule and who going to be working with to maybe carpool with in future.

Pros

Easily to understand how to get bokked, when to get booked, and how to get a substitute for work. In a timestamped manor.

Cons

Have to scroll to find rest of schedule. Which is cool how it will show whole schedule but basd once alot of work is been planned ahead.

I love Crew!

10/10 would recommend for any business needing a way to communicate with coworkers or employees without blowing up text messages and giving out phone numbers

Pros

It's really useful and amazing to me! very user friendly and easy to organize! I also like that it's separate from your actual phone

Cons

Absolutely nothing. I love it. I can't think of any improvements necessary. Amazing and 10/10 rating.

LOVE THIS APP

We can be more productive with this application because of the accountability that comes with being able to see who has viewed the message. Very helpful.

Pros

We use to communicate via traditional messaging threads, this gives us a much more manageable system of accountability.

Cons

I have not found anything really as of yet that I don't care for. All features seem to function without failure.

Great for scheduling and a group messaging with work team.

Pros

I love that we're able to send out staff-wide alerts and updated without sharing personal phone numbers. Scheduling feature is easy to read and great functionality.

Cons

Navigating the dashboard is a bit clunky with quickly looking at the schedule.

Great communication app!

Overall it was great! A great, easy to use communication source.

Pros

I loved how I could easily make an announcement to my team and that they all wouldn’t be able to reply.

Cons

I wish I could delete the chat feature. We wanted to use the app purely for announcements. Group chats are too much to handle.

Excellent means of team communications

Pros

I love how easy the software is to use for communicating with other crew members. It's quick and effective and linking your number allows for quick access

Cons

My only complaint would be that here and there I won't get notifications through the app and I miss important messages

Scheduling app

Pros

Cheaper than other scheduling apps that we considered

Cons

You couldn't create a schedule without it going out to the staff. I like to create a schedule and wait to publish it all at once

My military unit uses this to disseminate non-secure information to team

Pros

What I love most about this application is that it is a mobile-friendly application that is available to you on the go. It literally gives me the power to pass information on to hundreds of people at the same time with just a tap of a button

Cons

What I don't like is that there is no way of known if an individual has received and/or read the notification. It would be cool if there was an indication next to each contact to let you know if they saw the msg.

I'm using this to contact a group of volunteers for a ministry team, it's easier than just using SMS

Pros

Team is already in a group, so I can send an email to everyone, or just pull out a few people that I need

Cons

Had to figure it out on my own, didn't have great instructions after initial set-up. I'm still trying to figure out how to change a phone number on one person.

Used it for my team to message.

Pros

Has an announcement tab which is amazing that only admins can send meesages, also it has an option for managing shifts.

Cons

Free version isn't that good compared to the Payed one, which is a bit expensive for a start up or a small organisation.