7shifts Software

Pros

Makes scheduling across different departments easy. Our employees find the app easy to use and overall we find it very helpful.

Cons

You can't republish the schedule from a mobile app and the mobile app for managers isn't as easy to use as it is for employees.

Pros

There are alot of great features and is very easy to use.

Cons

For a small mom and pop business it's too expensive.

have been using this almost 1 year so far happy with the overall experience and keep learning new tricks.

Pros

Ease of use and the interface is great! Definitely help to streamline time for scheduling and management of staff

Cons

Some workflow management needs to improve eg. approval authorities and how different roles/ departments interacting with each other from a scheduling and approval perspective. Chat is great and has huge potential but right now is basic.

We do not currently use much of the reporting would be the only thing I don't have experience with.

Pros

Very user friendly, easy to maneuver throughout the app and program

Cons

Nothing I have experienced so far. Our staff enjoys it and I like the notifications as well, makes management much more efficient.

We're happy with the main functions of 7shifts and overall it has simplified our scheduling process!

Pros

The best part about 7shifts is that any time I have a question, I write a quick message in the pop-up chat located in the bottom right corner, and someone gets back to me within a few minutes. This program easily tracks employees availability and vacations. It has some great key features, and is easy to use.

Cons

It would be great if when scheduling, you can view the day and have a simple button to view the next day. Instead, you have to close the pop-up window, and select the next day separately. Additionally, it would be better if there was a way to input start and end time by clicking and dragging instead of manually entering each start and end time.

Pros

It is pretty easy to use from an employer’s point of view. They’ve been constantly trying to make it more adaptable to different types of restaurants.

Cons

My staff hated the transition, but everyone is happy now.

Pros

7shifts makes it easy to schedule across all departments-particularly helpful as our staff is very cross trained and it is easy to schedule them for different types of shifts.

Cons

There is not an option to change/update/republish the schedule from a mobile app.

Pros

How it showed me when I work next and was easy to use

Cons

I couldnt figure out how to hook it up so it was weird.

Pros

I loved the ease of use. Everything you need is all in one place, which makes it even faster to exchange or pick up shifts, check your schedule, and messaging coworkers. The app is simple and effective- definitely the best scheduling software i've used to date! The apps simplicity makes it hard to make mistakes, and if you do, actions can be undone quickly. I love that each position can be colour coded, and that your time sheets are right in the same app!

Cons

There isn't anything I can think of for cons!

Pros

Easy to use, everyone has access so there is no excuse for not knowing your schedule. keeps track of scheduled hours, and drastically reduces the time it takes to schedule

Cons

I have not had an issue to speak of. There is nothing I don't like

Pros

App based. Time clock enforcement. Overall usability.

Cons

Nothing yet... We have just implemented the product.

Scheduling, communications, analytics and business decision making is all made easier by using 7shifts.

Pros

Scheduling can be such a pain in the Restaurant Industry, 7Shifts helps a great deal to make thing easier to communicate to employees, and to track from a management standpoint. Being able to delineate by shifts, various jobs inside the business and communicate that to employees is great. And that just scratches the surface of what 7shifts can do.

Cons

I have not run into any cons at this point.

Good, love the customer service chats, very helpful

Pros

The notifications and ease of switching employee view on schedule vs position view.

Cons

no ability to put in a weekly salary amount
not being able to print schedule in position view rather than employee view (unless that is a setting only the owner can switch)

the alerts are the best

Pros

I think its pretty easy to use, I like the app

Cons

I cant block days from being requested off, It doesnt alert me as a manger when someone puts a shift up for grabs

Service has been helpful and super friendly! One of these days I’ll have some spare time to really delve into all the app can do for me!!

Pros

I love that it’s very user-friendly! Also questions are answered really fast through the “chat” option!

Cons

Staff has trouble offering up their shifts to specific people for shift trades.

Great experience! Super helpful and very convenient with employee staffing, availability, and request.

Pros

Great software. Very easy to use and so many great features.

Cons

The hour lag from sale to report. The only available view for sales and labor are weekly or monthly.

With using 7 shifts I am able to save so much time and have more efficient schedules. Not only are we able to make better schedules that fit our business and employee needs, we also have improved communication tremendously. Our company has 4 different locations, so being able to share employees and see when they are scheduled at other location really helps the communication process. That is something that we have always struggled with. Now we can send out daily announcements to let our employees know of any events or specials going on. We also have put the responsibility of covering shifts on the employees to get them covered and pick up shifts when needed without involving management. Also they do not have the excuse to say they do not know their schedule when the app makes everything easily available.

Pros

I love that you can make a schedule template for each role, it is a huge time saver to plug in all of the shifts.

Cons

For the mast part 7 shifts covers all of the basic needs. I just wish their were more features.

Pros

I can check or double check my shift anytime.

Cons

In the app, I cannot see the department where I am working or which department other people are working (which tells me who I am working with)

I have been using 7 shifts for over a year and I am quite pleased with the ease of use as well as the reports it offers.

Pros

7shifts gives me the ability to compare my historical sales data with my scheduling so that I don’t uber or over staff in any given day.

Cons

There are a few parameters in reports that I would like to adjust. It would make it easier for me to pay out tips.

There needs to be lots of improvement needed for a flawless operation. With that being said, I would still use 7 shifts as it gives me great ability to do things much faster

Pros

Like the ease of scheduling and the bars representing the hours being covered by each employee and figuring out if the shifts are adequately covered

Cons

Not able to integrate with CBSNORTHSTAR POS SYSTEM to access a comparison with labor to sales ratio