SocialSchedules Reviews - Page 2

Easy to use, super convenient for all staff Young and Old, Efficient at getting simple changes out quickly and efficiently, Very User Friendly Interface ( not technical)

I wish that this software could display a Month View for Rostering Purposes, would also be good if you could add Notes on the date for your own purpose ( ie, to remind yourself of things ) Also from a staff feedback perspective an add in so that it syncs with calendars would be handy.

Updates come quickly (in real time) to allow me to pick up shifts successfully. It’s generally straightforward to use, and I like that it reminds me how long I have before my next shift.

Sometimes swapping shifts can be a little tricky, as it isn’t immediately clear how to do it the first time. I also found the layout of the message function unclear - some formatting to make it clearer would go a long way.

Great with managing staff and rosters. user friendly and has helped with staff consistency, annual leave confirmation and all round is a great tool to use in a childcare/ early education industry

Was more difficult to use with casual staff members

i love that i can select how much the different job positions get paid so i can see how much the company will be spending on labor each week. it makes it incredibly easy to see where i can cut down on labor to make our percentage lower.

i wish that i could actually make the schedule on my phone, instead of only being able to edit it.

I like that myself and my staff can easily communicate between shifts through the messaging portion of the app. I also like the simplicity of it.

My least favorite thing is sometime the app crashes or loads the wrong photos & name on the chat feature.

I like the price, because we are a non-profit organization with about 20 volunteers. I needed something that would keep track of everyone and with your product I can see the schedule on my phone or computer. It is very handy.

I'd like to be able to schedule people from my phone.

It keeps all our scheduling info in one place, and updates on everyone's phones so it's almost impossible for staff to miss schedule updates.

It's a really great system so I have very few complaints. I wish it was possible to bulk edit shift opportunities as open to the whole network as opposed to just open by invite, but that is a quibble.

Having an app to view your work schedule is an awesome idea. You get updates when new schedules are posted or modified.

Can't see who is working if you are scheduled off for a day.

It has the power of programs. It is simple to set up schedules and most of my staff have been able to figure it out easily. It takes me about the same time to produce the weekly schedule, but I love being able to hit publish and be done as opposed to then spending the same amount of time cutting and pasting individual schedules to each persons separate email. My staff seem to respond faster and I'm able to make last minute changes faster.... And the fact that it is free is a huge plus!

I love the flexibility offered through the use of positions and sections. It is a challenge though to remember which sections I've assigned to different positions when creating a schedule because the sections only show up when you open an individuals assignment window. It would be awesome to have both positions and sections show up in the scheduling master view.

Ease of use, clear simple lay out, quick learning curve for understanding the product functionality. The team also find it easy to understand.

No roster costing. When copying shifts sometimes it clicks into the same team member and comes up with an error message.

that I can see everyone's schedule on the team. As long as they have entered it correctly. Real easy to use and add multiple schedules at once. The App

It has some issues working with Iexplorer

For the most part it’s very straight forward and easy to figure out.

How difficult it is to break a link in your network if they have more than one account. There’s no option to edit a profile after they are connected. I also dislike that once I posted a schedule I could not fix any issues without notifying everyone

With opensimsim I save so much time that I would of wasted texting staff or messing up holdays or staff would mess up time off requests. But with opensimsim its now apart of the staffs language and life. I highly recommend opensimsim and will never stop using it.

I love this product but it can be slow loading.

The ease of organising the shifts for each day and instantly getting confirmation from my employees.

I dislike the colour choices of the website and app as it can be very hard to read, we have a couple of visually impaired employees who are unable to use the app, an option of just black and white would be good.

I like that it's easy to see when you and/or your peers work on the web version of opensimsim. It's easy to set-up for your work weeks too so it'll accurately show how many hours you're getting in a week, and it being easy to customize is a nice feature too.

Sending messages to your peers is really slow. Even with a perfect connection it might take serveral (1-5 minutes) to send a message. Also, there was a problem my peers and I had with signing into OpenSimSim. I wish they had a feature to upload your schedule to a third party app such as Google Calendar or being able to do it on your phone using your Apple calendar. So that way my spouse and I can plan around my schedule. Another con is that it'll automatically sign you out every week. We had assigned computers at work so having to sign into my computer every single day is a waste of time.

The software is very easy to use and helps us organize the schedules for 2 offices.

I don't have anything negative to say about the software at this point.

User friendly and easy to view the weekly roster

Lack of support from the staff when we want to ask questions. We need to wait for sometime for the reply of the call.

Most features that come with the software are free of charge. The customer support is fantastic. The use of a mobile app is also quite handy. Ability to create several different schedules underneath the same account.

Sometimes tends to slow down a bit (especially around noon-ish) Could do with giving the user a better monthly view and the ability to see his/her co-workers shifts.

OpenSimSim will send my staff notifications of their shifts, they can easily apply for shifts and swap shifts. Makes managing their schedules a breeze!

I have no complaints about this software. It has worked great for our small staff.

This makes it easy for employees to be able to see what days they work as well as who they work with. Super easy to use for employer as well as employees.

The only complaint I would have about OpenSimSim is their most recent update made it so there is no difference between managers and employee schedules so I am not able to schedule myself or my assistant manager.

Free software. Use of adding and dropping shifts for employees and swapping shifts.

There was a way to only allow managers/admins to set availability for employees and changes to availability require approval. For set schedules, defeats purpose of request offs if employees can set availability day to day.

web-based, price, and on-boarding for employees. The software gives you the flexibility that you need when running payroll.

No phone app. It is difficult to navigate the first uses.

The ease of use on a desktop computer is great, very intuitive and easy to use. It has all the essentials you’d want from a scheduling app.

I do my schedule mostly on my iPad, and unfortunately the app isn’t on the admin end. It’s designed for employees not managers/administrators. I’d love an app made specifically for managers but for now I have to use Google Chrome and even then there are some glitches I don’t come across while on a normal desktop.