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It would be really nice to be able to play with a demo account before signing up. I know people who could benefit from something like this bu can't tell them to

It would be really nice to be able to play with a demo account before signing up. I know people who could benefit from something like this bu can't tell them to check it out without me seeing the UI first and making sure its simple to use. :)

noir_lord 11y ago
Even a quick screen recording of the high notes would help hugely for that, the only screen shots I could find where in the docs and tended to be parts of the UI not the whole thing. I used to be a retail manager before I was a programmer full time, their IT skills on average are terrible so knowing something is easy to use would make it a lot easier to recommend.
- asimuvPR 11y ago
  Yes, double this. These are people used to using ugly GUIs with either overly big or overly small buttons.
philip1209 11y ago
Noted. We're amid a homepage redo that will show these features better. Here is a short overview video that we showed at a conference booth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iNoNLYmcQI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iNoNLYmcQI
- asimuvPR 11y ago
  Ok, thx for the video link. It does show a little how it works. Now, question: How is this better than a notebook and or an excel file? That's what the people I know use (for years) and they hardly have issues with shifts. I even looked into building them a "better solution" because I thought I was smarter than them. But nothing I did was better that their own system. By the way, I'm not grilling you publicly! Just really interested in what you came up with. :)
  - philip1209 11y ago
    Go for it! For this product Flex: 1) Automation. We automatically generate shifts that match demand. Early users have seen costs decrease up to 10% by preventing overscheduling. Most contractor environments have highly-variable needs throughout the day. (Stay tuned - we'll be releasing some integrations with popular workforce data sources to do this even more automatically). 2) Communication. You get race conditions as large workforces try to claim shifts. We handle all of that, and we notify workers about new / changed / available shifts. This doesn't work on a spreadsheet. Plus, workers find out which shifts they are working immediately - there's no waiting on emails or texts. 3) Attendance - we detect truancy for users of our Timeclock. For contractor workforces at scale, seeing who missed a shift is hard. 4) Timezones. We have distributed workforces using Staffjoy, and our app localizes shifts to times. So, agents in the Philippines doing work for US-based bot companies can more easily understand when they are working. For employees, on our Boss plan, the big added advantage is: 4) Compliance. We do rule-based scheduling to enforce many factors of compliance, such as the number of hours per week somebody may be scheduled.
    - asimuvPR 11y ago
      Sounds good! Could you post when the demo account is ready for use? I'd be nice to use it before showing it off. Also, do you have re-selling opportunities?

noir_lord 11y ago

Even a quick screen recording of the high notes would help hugely for that, the only screen shots I could find where in the docs and tended to be parts of the UI not the whole thing. I used to be a retail manager before I was a programmer full time, their IT skills on average are terrible so knowing something is easy to use would make it a lot easier to recommend.

asimuvPR 11y ago
Yes, double this. These are people used to using ugly GUIs with either overly big or overly small buttons.

philip1209 11y ago

Noted. We're amid a homepage redo that will show these features better. Here is a short overview video that we showed at a conference booth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iNoNLYmcQI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iNoNLYmcQI

asimuvPR 11y ago
Ok, thx for the video link. It does show a little how it works. Now, question: How is this better than a notebook and or an excel file? That's what the people I know use (for years) and they hardly have issues with shifts. I even looked into building them a "better solution" because I thought I was smarter than them. But nothing I did was better that their own system. By the way, I'm not grilling you publicly! Just really interested in what you came up with. :)
- philip1209 11y ago
  Go for it! For this product Flex: 1) Automation. We automatically generate shifts that match demand. Early users have seen costs decrease up to 10% by preventing overscheduling. Most contractor environments have highly-variable needs throughout the day. (Stay tuned - we'll be releasing some integrations with popular workforce data sources to do this even more automatically). 2) Communication. You get race conditions as large workforces try to claim shifts. We handle all of that, and we notify workers about new / changed / available shifts. This doesn't work on a spreadsheet. Plus, workers find out which shifts they are working immediately - there's no waiting on emails or texts. 3) Attendance - we detect truancy for users of our Timeclock. For contractor workforces at scale, seeing who missed a shift is hard. 4) Timezones. We have distributed workforces using Staffjoy, and our app localizes shifts to times. So, agents in the Philippines doing work for US-based bot companies can more easily understand when they are working. For employees, on our Boss plan, the big added advantage is: 4) Compliance. We do rule-based scheduling to enforce many factors of compliance, such as the number of hours per week somebody may be scheduled.
  - asimuvPR 11y ago
    Sounds good! Could you post when the demo account is ready for use? I'd be nice to use it before showing it off. Also, do you have re-selling opportunities?