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Some types of employees have very irregular schedules, which can vary on a week-to-week basis. Right now, the most common solution is to review the "master sche
by Zikes 10y ago
Some types of employees have very irregular schedules, which can vary on a week-to-week basis. Right now, the most common solution is to review the "master schedule", usually a large printout hung in a common area in the back of the establishment, and write down what your days and hours will be. This is inconvenient for employees, who may make transcription errors, not see a shift they're scheduled to work because they're trying to follow a large chart filled with dozens of other employees, or miss a change in the schedule that was made after they had already written theirs down.
When I worked retail I saw the above issues every week, and would have welcomed a solution that I would know to be always up-to-date, was not filled with irrelevant information, and was convenient to access.
- ensignavenger 10y ago--"miss a change in the schedule that was made after they had already written theirs down." That is more of management incompetence issue- if they make a schedule change after posting the schedule, they should inform (and ask permission) from affected employees- duh! But, I am forced to accept that many managers (especially in these types of jobs) are indeed inept.
- philip1209 10y agoWe found that this was a pain point for managers. They would text workers their schedule changes. Then, the workers treated that channel as two-way. For instance, they would text the manager when they were running late to a shift. The manager would not be checking their phone, and it caused issues.