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Branch

Branch enables accelerated payments to workers.

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Branch Reviews

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  • Likelihood to recommend8.93/10

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This software is a lifesaver and it helps you stay on track with your finances. It also helps for the times in between with needing extra funds.
I like the overall idea of the software and it helps connect employees together for scheduling issues and to communicate. It’s also good to keep up with my schedule and finances all in the same place.
I like how easy and fast it is to set up and has good tracking of all the money transfers.
There’s not anything that I particularly disliked. Maybe having to use my FaceID anytime I exited the app or when there was an interruption.
It reads the schedule wrong sometimes because it reads the picture posted wrong depends on how fuzzy the picture is taken.
Not the worst feature but having to remember to log out every time I use it so no one else can just open it up is a little bit of a hassle. All my other financial apps automatically log me out.
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Melissa G.

Restaurants, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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Reviewed 5 years ago

Great communication with my crew

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Ease of use and good communication with my crew

Cons

To many alerts coming in at once on my phone

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omar s.

Restaurants,

Used daily for less than 6 months

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this is the best app ever , very easy to use.

Reviewed 6 years ago
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I love this app so much is really easy to use and it benefits a lot of workers , I love how you can switch shifts with your coworkers and the fact that you able to see your schedule is awesome! I love this app! I also love the fact that it sends you a reminder before your shift is going to start , this is the best app ever!!! I also love the fact that it can tell you how much your next check is supposed to be ! Another thing that i like is that it allows you to look at your coworkers schedule and your allowed to easily message them.

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One of the cons of this app is that sometimes the schedule gets deleted but other than that i love this app!

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tierra b.

Retail, self-employed

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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Reviewed 5 months ago

Not good at all

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I actually was disappointed using the branch app it was never accuate or up to date ..I could never reach customer service which is not a good look for this company

Cons

Everything about branch was disappointing..I could access anything dealing with my pay, benefits,wages .

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Renea W.

Consumer Services, 201-500 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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Excellent way to unite my staff

Reviewed 5 years ago
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Easy to post schedules and shift changes. Gives an alert to upcoming shifts on your phone. Can give important shop info to all employees at one time.

Cons

Sometimes can take awhile for schedule to post. Employees have to make sure their app is updated to be able to view things properly.

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Dr Abe K.

Used daily for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Good software to track employee performance

Reviewed 6 years ago

It allows us to track employee's schedules per project they are working on and thus we can make changes to employee's schedule as needed.

Pros

The software is easy to understand once you learn how to use it. It allows our company to track performance and productivity of each employee, as well as, the time spent on each project.

Cons

The software does not allow us to perform certain functions which are specialized to certain projects we handle. Sometimes we get an error when working with certain functions.

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Alberto Jose L.

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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A very useful tool to keep you connected

Reviewed 6 years ago
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It is an application very easy to use and adapt, it allows you to be always connected to your work team as well as the great advantage it offers to register and control the programming of the whole team to improve work dynamics

Cons

It is a great tool, it does not have any problem that hinders the work, but in some moments you can improve the monitoring of the progress of the equipment, but the rest is a very useful application.

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Taylor R.

Restaurants, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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The best work organizer I've ever used

Reviewed 5 years ago
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I love the ease of scheduling. I have worked several jobs, and none of them used branch. Branch has made my work experience much less stressful. The shift notifications are genius! Without them I am sure I would have missed a few shifts by now.

Cons

What I like least is the profile information. I love the idea of "endorsements", but besides that I don't think that a worker should put a "resume-type" bio in the app.

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Caroline D.

Restaurants, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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Branch

Reviewed 5 years ago

I like it for communicating scheduling with staff.

Pros

I like I can post the schedule for my staff and it instantly syncs with their calendar! As well as sending communication through the messaging feature.

Cons

The one thing I do not like is when someone request off time or does a switch of shift, as the admin of the store- there is no place to save it to reference back. I have to take a screen shot to remember to put in at work.

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Alex C.

Apparel & Fashion, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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Extremely Effecient

Reviewed 5 years ago

Branch Messenger has taken my store from a very poorly communicated workplace to an efficient business with virtually no call-outs/no-shows because of the different features offered within the Branch App. I am very happy to be using this.

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Ease of use, ability to offer shifts for coverage, ability to post on a forum for all colleagues to see, the “Heads Up!” Notification 2 hours before scheduled shifts

Cons

Can’t think of a single thing I don’t enjoy.

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Gabriela R.

Pharmaceuticals,

Used daily for less than 6 months

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its been really great i had an issue once and i emailed customer service and they helped promptly

Reviewed 6 years ago
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i love the reminders for when to work, always keeps me on time. I also like how you can change viewing to only your shifts.

Cons

nothing comes to mind its really great! As i mentioned before I had a problem with the software not recognizing my name and thinking I was two separate people but customer service fixed it super quick!

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Swati R.

Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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Efficient and free service to stay connected with employees.

Reviewed a year ago

My overall experience with Branch has been phenomenal. The UI is simple and easy to use, high adoption rates throughout my team. Branch is better than other HRMS tools because its seamless integration allows even non tech savvy people to easily use the mobile application.

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I found Branch to be very useful while managing field staff. and their requirements. From tracking their working hours, payroll and leaves, Branch's features also let employees ask for advances by linking their bank accounts with the system and choose repayment method too.

Cons

When employees are working in remote areas, and there are network issues then there are glitches in receiving messages as they utilize mobile data and not the network's SMS service.

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Grayson B.

Food & Beverages, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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Perfect for Connecting With Work!

Reviewed 5 years ago

Reminders about shifts, new information from store supervisor, other things important to my job.

Pros

What I personally love about this app is that it's the perfect way to see my schedule and who I'm working with instead of taking a picture of my schedule every week on my phone and taking up more space than what is necessary. The app also shows you how much you make in a week when you add your wage, and also reminds you of your shift a couple hours before! On the main page it also shows you the current weather, which is great if you don't work in the same town as the one you live in like myself. You can post within the app and there is a section to post in to see if anyone needs a shift covered or if you yourself needs a shift covered.

Cons

There isn't really anything that I dislike about the software, but if I had to choose something it would be the "Team" tab which is used for contacting other team members, making groups, etc. I personally don't use it, and opt to just text my co-workers instead, but it is a great idea to have the section inside the app.

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Angela S.

Pharmaceuticals, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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Love using this app, helps keep my team informed and gives a better source of communication open

Reviewed 6 years ago

We have a setup in our system for employees to get schedules but as I've seen not many stores use it because too complicated. This app is so much easier, faster and accurate

Pros

How easy it is to share info with my team. How there are so many ways to communicate with team and they can also keep in touch with other coworkers. Once I post a schedule I like how fast it posts and also sends alerts to others.

Cons

Not all my coworkers can join app. Some phones aren't capable. Also sometimes it's hard for new employee to find store in search

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Samuel T.

Pharmaceuticals, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Perfect for normal use to post weekly schedules for team

Reviewed 6 years ago

Daily alerts, scheduling made easy.

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Ease of use, alerts, filters, engagement areas, and speed. This app clearly does what it promises. Ability to swap shifts and post needed coverage is a plus

Cons

Ability to modify based on the company that uses it lacks. Being able to separate pharmacy schedules and front store schedules would be optimal. Separate profiles for front store and pharmacy so communication is filtered. A to-do section for the teams would help improve store productivity.

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April D.

Human Resources, self-employed

Used daily for 2+ years

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Great app

Reviewed 2 years ago

My overall experience with this has been wonderful and I love it

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I love the fact that I can add other accounts to this software and that it always easy to use

Cons

There not a thing I don’t like about this software becuz it has gotten best with time

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Allison H.

Food & Beverages, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Branch is a great app! It allows me to stay connected to my coworkers even outside of work.

Reviewed 6 years ago

Using Branch allows me to connect with and keep in touch with my team more than I have in the past. We are able to share updates, alerts, and tips through the app. During Hurricane Irma, when we all had to stay home or evacuate, Branch kept me in touch with my whole team and I knew they were safe.

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The thing I like most about Branch is the ability to connect with my coworkers through posts and updates. Communication has greatly increased in my team since we all downloaded Branch.

Cons

My biggest criticism about Branch is that the functionality could be a bit better. The way my team uses it is more like a social networking tool, and sometimes it's difficult to post pictures because they have to be cropped to fit a square. Additionally, I'd like the ability to post links and share GIFs. Also, posting my availability comes with a challenge, because the app does not allow me to post shifts that start with a PM hour and end with an AM hour. I have not been able to post my availability for this reason.

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Leticia S.

Retail, 10,001+ employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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Branch is such a life saver on looking up shifts to switching shifts!

Reviewed 6 years ago

looking up shifts are so much easy, especially when your double cheking, communicating to others about shift change or just in general are so much easier. Just love the easy use to this!! especially seeing the schedule and day by day timelines HELP ALOT

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What i love so much about the software is how easy it is to look up shifts, look up people, and even commincate with other about shift openings and other important information.

Cons

Sing up is quite difficult because other companies mix with other companies stores ( ex starbucks, mc donalds). as well sometimes the shifts are not read correctly and are incorrectly written.

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Carly S.

Used daily for 6-12 months

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Great communication for team

Reviewed 5 years ago
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I like how I can see my hours ahead. I like how I can see my earnings. We have all our schedules posted on this. The app notifies you of your shift starting two outs ahead of time. This can be good or annoying. I like how you can create a profile about yourself.

Cons

I don't like how anyone at work can post anything on the app. Some of the things like details in creating a profile are bit difficult to post. For some reason it doesn't take my information. I don't like how it constantly notifies you. It can be good and bad as I stated before.

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Retail, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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Love this APP

Reviewed 5 years ago
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Branch is so convenient for our team. We use it weekly for our schedule, shift trades, and general communication.

Cons

The branch pay option is not bad, but the constant notification to use it as first was annoying.

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Jonathan L.

Used daily for 1-2 years

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I use branch for my job. It allows easy communication between all my coworkers.

Reviewed 6 years ago
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Branch makes it very easy to switch shifts and still keep track of who is working when. Scheduling is a breeze as we just post a picture on branch and everyone gets it. They send you a notification on when your next shift starts, which has saved me a few times.

Cons

I do not like the color green. It is probably my least favorite color next to yellow(sorry Green Bay).

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Food & Beverages, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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Simple, sleek, and easy

Reviewed 5 years ago
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It is simple to use. It is a more fun and interactive way to communicate with coworkers. It’s made switching shifts, getting our weekly schedule, asking time off, and getting updates a single simple and easy place to do so. It’s made everything more transparent for us. The messenger makes it easy to access every team member. It doesn’t have many features for the messenger portion as the other tabs due, but it does the job. I love the fact that it tells you how many hours you worked the week and how much you’ll get.i love that we get a notification two hours before our shift starts.

Cons

I don’t like that you can’t see the days you worked once the new week begins. It would be nice to look back on the app of the days you worked previously. It would be nice to also include the estimated total pay amount for the month or two weeks.

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Tiffany G.

Food & Beverages, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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Love the hole app

Reviewed a year ago
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This app is great I use it as my personal bank and have my payroll check deposited into this account and I have had no issues whatsoever and the instant cash advance is wonderful feature to have love it

Cons

There isnt anything to say bad about this app it's Great all the way around

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Internet, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Branch Assist helped my small business team to take success into its own hands through productivity

Reviewed 5 years ago

Productivity increased through easy-to-use technology

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Ease of use is a major thing for us. Some of the team is tech savvy and some not so much. This product really worked for everyone at all levels of experience that needed to use it.

Cons

Like anything there are improvements that could be made but they ARE being made frequently so no complaints here.

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Jessica H.

Food & Beverages, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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I absolutely love this app. It's easy to use and the features are are great. I use it daily.

Reviewed 6 years ago

The ease of knowing who is scheduled when, with just a click of a button is wonderful.

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The ease of uploading the schedule is wonderful and I love how it populates the shifts into an easy view of your day. It's great for my employees for swapping shifts and for requesting time off.

Cons

The only glitch that I've noticed is sometimes it will populate the shifts incorrectly in the calendar view. I think that may be more on my end though because the quality of the picture of the schedule is not so clear.

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Tim S.

Health, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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from a manager standpoint Branch has been an effective way to get shifts covered quickly

Reviewed 6 years ago

shift coverage used to be a big part of my job. now its much simpler

Pros

All staff have access to it whether its by smartphone or by computer. Its simple to use and as a manager, tracking is very good. Customer service has also been very helpful.

Cons

error in which when one staff tries to cover an open shift, if manager doesnt approve it another staff can sometimes be overwritten by another staff. Better option would be for all staff interested in a shift to be able to click, then manager chooses