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When I Work
What is When I Work?
When I Work is an easy way for businesses to schedule, track time and attendance, and communicate with their hourly employees. Put the schedule and time clock in every employee's pocket with free iOS and Android apps. Keep track of time off, employee availability, and manage shift swaps with just a few clicks. Integrate with your payroll provider to streamline the process and avoid human error.
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Who Uses When I Work?
From small businesses to large enterprise operations, management teams in every industry are using When I Work's software to save time scheduling shift-based employees & improve communication.
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Great software for teams of all sizes
Comments: I've been using this software for 5 years, first as an employee then as an employer. Ease of use for both parties is fantastic and it's well worth paying for to save the time. When I change places of business, if I have a choice, I will choose When I Work again and again.
Pros:
- Shift templates, makes scheduling a lot easier - The ability to copy and paste any shift, even faster than clicking and choosing - Simple to add and remove employees - App is fairly easy to use - Time clock is awesome, easy to use
Cons:
- Looking at the full staff schedule on a particular day can be tedious. - For those making schedules, it's so much easier to do on a computer - In order to have a printed schedule, it downloads the PDF which you then have to print. I wish this printed right off the website.
When I Work Response
5 years ago
Hi Trish, Thank you for taking the time to review When I Work, and your feedback is appreciated! We are always looking for ways to make improvements and appreciate users like you that provide feedback so we can enhance and improve When I Work! Best, Amanda
Very easy to use, with all the features we need
Comments: We upgraded from using a Google Slide template (yes, really) so WhenIWork was a huge improvement for us. We like that employees can easily see their schedule in their own timezone, and request to swap shifts with each other.
Pros:
Clear and easy to use, much better interface than its competitors, easy to review timesheets and organize schedules. The colour-coding lets everyone see their own shifts at a glance, and managers can easily spot any gaps in the coverage.
Cons:
When scheduling, repeating shifts can be a little clunky and isn't the best UI. But it's overall fine to set up a schedule with recurring shifts.
When I Work Response
3 weeks ago
Hello Heather, thanks for writing us a review! We're happy to hear you are enjoying the app! We'd like to help resolve any issues that you are experiencing with repeating shifts - if you can submit a ticket at https://help.wheniwork.com/submit-a-ticket/. Thank you!
It's just fine
Comments: It has been fine but not great. For an organization trying to implement this software to staff that are used to doing schedules in other ways it has been difficult for people to learn and difficult for people to assimilate into their daily routine because of how complicated it is.
Pros:
It allows you to set up a schedule and color code it however you need it to best view it. It has a message feature in the time off request so that there can be a history of a conversation about the request.
Cons:
Manager time off requests are automatically approved instead of needing to be approved by another manager or at least approved after created. This means that someone who needs the Manager status to create the schedule but is not the overall supervisor in charge of scheduling can't use the time-off request function. Time off requests can't be changed, only deleted and re-added. Why? Everything is generally more complicated than other similar scheduling software. I cannot copy and paste a range of shifts only individual shifts. Each time there is an update to the schedule made by another person you have to reload the website, which generally loses what you were doing, but this also leads to issues where employees who have the website up and are working on their schedules will not know that there are changes being made to the schedules. So two people could be changing things at the same time.
When I Work Response
last month
Hi Justin, Shab here from When I Work. Thank you kindly for your detailed review of our app and for sharing your thoughts and insights. Our Customer Care team would be happy to help you out with any issues you may have run into while using When I Work. Please submit a ticket at https://help.wheniwork.com/submit-a-ticket/ so we can provide more assistance! Thank you again for taking the time to write us your feedback as we love learning how we can improve! Warmly, Shab
When I Work — our best HR rep
Comments: We have loved our experience so far with When I Work. It reduces the time and effort our senior staff have to spend verifying that each location is being properly staffed. It also provides us with the means to anticipate and identify potential problems before they materialize by reviewing attendance trends.
Pros:
When I Work was an answered prayer for our personnel department. We recently underwent a large expansion that added several employees, contractors, and locations. By shifting to When I Work, we have been able to eliminate the need for a separate staff member to oversee employee attendance and productivity. Prior to implementing this, just checking in with each of our site managers took up most of the mornings. Now, within five minutes we are able to get a complete view of where our company assets are at any given time.
Cons:
The only drawback we are facing has less to do with When I Work and more to do with the use of productivity software in general. We received some initial backlash from employees who felt we were being overbearing by not taking their word for hand written time sheets, time off requests, etc. However, the majority of our employees—including all of the “good ones”—have come to accept that this measure of accountability benefits not only the company but them personally.
When I Work Response
last month
Hey Nick, Thank you so much for taking the time review When I Work. We are glad to hear that using When I Work has helped save you and your team time with overseeing employee attendance as well as helping ensure each location has been properly staffed! If you have any question please don't hesitate to reach out to us by submitting a ticket at https://help.wheniwork.com/submit-a-ticket/. We are here to help!
Clear work schedule, easily accessible by phone!
Comments: I was helping an acquaintance start a small company in a nearby city. Work shifts were all over the place and last minute needs popped up constantly. When I Work made keeping tabs on all that was going on, so much simpler! I could easily schedule employees and know I could count on this app to communicate it to them.
Pros:
Being able to access my schedule from my phone was super important. I remember working where schedules were posted on paper in the staff room. People would have to go in and either write down their shifts or put them into their phone manually. Thankfully, apps like When I Work have become much more popular and schedules can be sent to employees digitally. I appreciated how simple viewing and accessing schedules has been through When I Work. (It makes planning the rest of my life much easier!)
Cons:
The interface of the app is not very visually appealing. It's simple, which is what some may need. But I really appreciate a visually appealing, well configured app.
When I Work Response
2 months ago
Hey Josh, Thank you for taking the time to review the When I Work app and providing your feedback on the interface. We are so glad to hear that you are enjoying the app and appreciate its ease of use. Please don't hesitate to submit a ticket to our Care Team by visiting https://help.wheniwork.com/submit-a-ticket/ or by emailing [email protected] if we can ever assist with anything else. Take care!
