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MakeShift is a web and mobile employee scheduling solution for people-first businesses in fast-paced industries such as healthcare, hospitality, retail, construction, and recreation. It lets you build schedules faster, track time...
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- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Makeshift Empolyee Scheduling
Pros
Easy to update employee schedule, and keep track of daily requirements for staff
Cons
none that I can mention or think of at this point in time
Response from MakeShift
Hi Diane, thank you for your comments and review!
- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Makeshift in Strathmore
Overall experience is very good from the product itself, to the online support.
Pros
Integration was fairy easy, we had lot's of support. Features are easy to use and customize to what our company needs.
Cons
One of the features I would like to see changed is when an employee puts in their availability it shows up on their schedule but if a shift is requested on this day it does not reflect their availability and hours outside of the availability are still scheduled in.
I have also found shifts have been put into the wrong schedule from that employee that requested and was granted the shift.
Response from MakeShift
Thank you so much for your feedback Susan! If you have any difficulties with your schedule, please feel free to reach out to our support team at s[email protected] so we can investigate and correct the issue!
- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Difficult communication for overtime
Overall good, except with above
Pros
It's easy to see what shifts are open and who's working them
Cons
When you bid on a shift, you should be able to leave a note with it if there's a special circumstance like only available partial shift or if it would be overtime. This inability is beyond annoying when you have to email a scheduler first before bidding in special circumstances
Response from MakeShift
Hi Rhon, thank you for your feedback. We will be sure to pass along your comments to our product team for future enhancements to our product! If you have any other comments, please feel free to reach out to [email protected].
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- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Health care worker Alberta review of Makeshift
Love this tool, use it daily.
Pros
Very easy to use. I love using the 'dashboard' feature for a snap shot of exactly who is scheduled to come in for any given shift and what our needs are.
Cons
When using dashboard - I would like a quicker way to forward to a date that is further out than a week or two. It would be nice to be able to advance without clicking for each day in between. Also, it would be nice to be able to see highlighted when we are over or under our baseline.
Response from MakeShift
Hi Joanne, thank you for your review! That is a great idea for our dashboard, and we will be sure to pass along your comments to our product team!
- Industry: Medical Practice
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Makeshift review
Pros
The most impactful part of makeshift for our hospital is that employees can see there schedule and request without calling the staffing office or contacting the unit. they are able to switch shifts and request trades in the app. we are also able to send announcements and individual messages if need be.
Cons
I would really like to be able to see the history or shifts that have been removed from employee's schedule and also be able to re enable a trade if you accidently decline and forgot the dates
Response from MakeShift
Thank you for your detailed comments Stacey! Shift audits and histories are available - if you would like more information, please feel free to reach out at [email protected]!
- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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MakeShift saves so much time
We love working with MakeShift. The customer support is super helpful and incredibly responsive.
Pros
Our company switched to MakeShift a year ago and I wouldn't go back if you paid me a million dollars. Makeshift has made scheduling so much easier and quick! You can build out templates and schedule people out for months or even years. Employees love having their schedules at their fingertips and the ease of trading shifts makes life easy.
Cons
I wish we could drag and drop schedules for several people at one time.
Response from MakeShift
Hi Ashley, thank you so much for your kind words! We are so happy to hear that you find so much value in MakeShift!
- Industry: Entertainment
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Makes working from home easier!
Makeshift has been great in helping me transition to a "work from home" world. I love that I can clock in and out of work with the ease of tapping a screen. Brilliant.
Pros
So easy to clock in and clock out of work from anywhere. I can see all the hours I have worked whether it be in the past, or same day. So easy to use this software!
Cons
I wish the app would automatically load in the classic view when I log in from my phone.
Response from MakeShift
Thank you for your review Peeka! We are glad to hear that MakeShift has helped make transitioning to work from home easier!
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Makeshift Team
Not only is it easy for me to use but my Team members like it as well. They download the Makeshift app and can see their schedules with a click of a button. Very easy for them as well.
Pros
I like the fact that it is easy to use. I am not a computer genius but this was easy to learn and use.
Cons
I haven't found anything that I do not like about this software. I use it with ease every day and find it makes my job of scheduling very easy.
Response from MakeShift
Hi Daniel, we are so glad to hear that MakeShift has been such an easy tool for you! Thank you for your review!
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Easy to use
TheMakeShift team has always been very helpful to us to solve problems; advise on best setup practices and revive feedback to improve the tool.
Pros
This tool allows for a fairly easy setup to get teams up and running quickly. The ability to publish requests to fill empty shifts is quite handy!
Cons
A monthly calendar view would be most helpful to see a month at a glance in a format that everyone is familiar with.
Response from MakeShift
Thank you for the review Kelly! We are so glad to hear that you are enjoying our available shifts feature. We also appreciate your recommendation regarding a monthly calendar view. This is something that we are hoping to implement in the future!
- Industry: Leisure, Travel & Tourism
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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ease of use
see above under pros
Pros
once I got used to it, which was pretty quickly, I was able to access my co-workers schedules with the greatest of ease. I could determine daily schedules when client's were trying to reach them, regular days off, scheduled vacation days, for the week, or future, when planning my own time off. I' able to narrow down departments so I'm not scrolling down alphabetically through everyone's name in the company.
Cons
none that I can think of at this time.
It's a very valuable product with ease of use.
Response from MakeShift
Hi Dana, we are glad to hear you are finding value in MakeShift! Thank you for your review!
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Great Product
I have enjoyed the product, and it is the best software I have used for scheduling to date.
Pros
I like the ease of schedule making and the seamless mobile integration.
Cons
I feel that the availability feature could be changed to reflect suggested or soft requests.
- Industry: Entertainment
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Easy Peazy
You are able to clock in from your phone with ease. As a user, I can keep up with my hours, see what my paycheck will be before it is direct deposited. I'm able to see my checkstubs and download or email them. I get my W2's very quickly and can print or share them. This app is fairly user friendly as well.
Pros
Clocking in by either opening the app or quick clock
Cons
Before the update, it was not so user friendly. Since the update, it is better.
Response from MakeShift
Thank you for your comments Michelle! We hope that we can continue to improve with each update!
- Industry: Restaurants
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Stella's Review of Makeshift
Pros
Easy implementation and updates. Easy for our staff to use.
Cons
Some challenges with respect to scheduling in two different departments
Response from MakeShift
Hi Brenna, we are glad to hear you had an easy implementation experience and MakeShift is easy for your staff to use. We appreciate your review, and we will be making some updates to our software in the future to hopefully resolve your challenges with scheduling in multiple departments! We will be notifying all of our clients when these updates are available. Cheers!
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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I love using MakeShift!
Pros
Its easy to use and easy to train our store managers on how to use the software.
Cons
I would like to see a different layout on the schedule view. I believe there are ways to make the scheduling even easier by allowing your templates to already have a designation attached to it.
Response from MakeShift
Hi Lorne, thank you for your feedback and review! We also offer the ability to view your schedule by position requirements. To learn more, please contact us at [email protected] and we would be happy to assist.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Makeshift review
Pros
Easy to copy one week to another without having to reenter information
Cons
Changing times is tedious. Unable to do more than one shift at a time
Response from MakeShift
Thank you for your review Lane! We will pass along your feedback to our product team for future enhancements!
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Vista Care
Pros
It’s easy to install and it is user friendly to staff. This updates on the spot and staff are able to access 24/7
Cons
What we utilize this for I have no complaints
Response from MakeShift
Thank you for your review Marlee!
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Great for checking schedule
Pros
great for checking schedule and posting open shifts.
Cons
It is good for scheduling purposes, checking on schedule, posting available shift.
Notification is fast. Easy to use.
Response from MakeShift
Hi Claire, thank you for your review!
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Overall Good App
It's been great
Pros
Ease of use for even the most un techy staff memebers
Cons
That there is no color coding available for the shift templates.
Response from MakeShift
Hi Tiffany, thank you for your review!
- Industry: Restaurants
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Helps me be always on time
I have no bad experiences.
Pros
The simplicity of it. Its super easy to make a shift.
Cons
I wish there was an option to notify my boss that I have changed my availability for certain day or week.
Response from MakeShift
Hi Kevin, we are so glad to hear that you are loving the simplicity of MakeShift! We appreciate your feedback!
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Easy to use
Pros
The schedule templates are very easy and useful
Cons
For they way I use the product I don't have any issues.
Response from MakeShift
Hi Jim, thank you for your review!
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Easy and great scheduling calendar to use
Pros
easy to use and laid out well. I like how the calendar is easy to read and shows the shifts you are going to work with color.
Cons
To be honest I like everything about the makeshift app, no cons.
Response from MakeShift
Hi Colette, thank you so much for your great review!
- Industry: Medical Practice
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Great Service
Pros
Easy and functional use, extremely easy access!
Cons
I didn't have any cons, functional use, great service!
Response from MakeShift
Hi Naomi, thank you so much for your review!
- Industry: Entertainment
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Great
Great!
Pros
It’s easy to use and never has too many issues
Cons
Sometimes it can be tricky on a phone or iPad
Response from MakeShift
Hi Justin, thank you for your review!
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Matt McKibben Store Manager
Pros
The software is easy to use to create schedules and see on my mobile device who is working each day.
Cons
It is not easy to schedule split shifts when needed or account for special needs, such as physical inventory.
Response from MakeShift
Hi Matt, we appreciate your review! We will take your feedback and comments to our product team!
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Makeshift Review
Excellent
Pros
Ease of Use, very user friendly. Lets me know my shift
Cons
Unable to message through it, would like to be able to message someone specifially sometimes
Response from MakeShift
Thank you so much for your review and feedback JoAnne!
