ZoomShift

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Scheduling software for hourly employees.

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Anne
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  • Industry: Recreational Facilities & Services
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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Essential Scheduling Software

Reviewed on 13/02/2020

Zoomshift has become essential to easily managing our staffing and schedule. With about 90...

Zoomshift has become essential to easily managing our staffing and schedule. With about 90 employees, it's so important to have everyone connected and Zoomshift keeps us all on the same page. The developers are fabulous and absolutely interested in making the program work for us as a client. I can't imagine operating without it!

Pros

Zoomshift makes managing the staff schedule simple and streamlined. It's so easy to communicate with the staff, all resources are in the same place and easily accessible, notifications mean no one misses a shift because they didn't know. Past shifts are all saved and it is simple to compile payroll data. Reports are useful and the user interface is excellent. Any questions or requests for features are addressed promptly and personally by Zoomshift support.

Cons

Our company does not use the time clock because we pay by the day and the program records shifts in hours. But this does not interfere with how easy the program is to use; it's just a feature not necessary for us.

Steve
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

ZoomShift Helps Make Drama Kids Rock

Reviewed on 18/02/2019

We operate an after-school drama program and teach 50+ classes in 40+ elementary schools each week...

We operate an after-school drama program and teach 50+ classes in 40+ elementary schools each week with a part-time staff of 20 teachers. Different class start times, snow days, teacher conference days with no classes and holidays make scheduling our employees a challenge! We began using ZoomShift almost 3 years ago when we started out with just 3 teachers and 5 elementary schools. We know as we grew that scheduling from a spreadsheet would become a nightmare and we needed a tool that would make it simple from the start. ZoomShift was that tool! Our workforce is remote so clocking-in at their assigned location helps us keep track that our teachers are where they are supposed to be!

Pros

ZoomShift is easy to use and helps is ensure we have coverage each week for all our classes. The mobile application is great and easy for our staff to use. Clocking in and out on the mobile app makes it easy to keep track of our staff. Pulling payroll hours each week is a breeze.

Cons

We did use the Discussions feature in the beginning, but then we opted for a more robust communication tool and no longer use this feature.

Lauren
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Glitches

Reviewed on 20/08/2015

The new functionality is great but I constantly get the "Whoops! Something went wrong" error every...

The new functionality is great but I constantly get the "Whoops! Something went wrong" error every time I login, and every time I load a shift template it says that some didn't get loaded. I'm constantly refreshing the website. My team has had troubles dropping and picking up shifts which seems to be better in this past release.

Overall we like it but the glitches and error messages are very high and frequent.

Response from ZoomShift

Lauren,

Thanks for your honest feedback. I'm looking into your account right now and the errors that you have mentioned. It sounds like this may be a browser issue that we can get fixed for you. I'm sending you a personal message as well.

Ben
Co-Founder @ ZoomShift

Elizabeth
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  • Industry: Veterinary
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Zoomshift Convert

Reviewed on 26/01/2022

Fantastic. Used it for 7 years, 2 as an employee user and 5 as an administrator. Highly recommend.

Fantastic. Used it for 7 years, 2 as an employee user and 5 as an administrator. Highly recommend.

Pros

Easy to use, straightforward interface, much more intuitive than competing products we've used in the past, reasonably priced, easy access for staff.

Cons

Feature updates are often targeted to businesses bigger than ours and the changes make it a tiny bit less user friendly -- not a big deal.

Alternatives Considered

WhenToWork

Reasons for Switching to ZoomShift

Intuitive interface, price
Shannon
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  • Industry: Retail
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great Scheduling App

Reviewed on 11/08/2021

It's honestly been one of the greatest software tools we've implemented. Staff has been great and...

It's honestly been one of the greatest software tools we've implemented. Staff has been great and answered any and all of my questions. I, and my staff, use the app every day.

Pros

ZoomShift is easy to use, and allows me to easily implement schedule templates. It's taken a manual practice and digitalize it in a very fun and easy way. My staff loves it. And I love how quick it allows me to do that very monotonous part of my job. I also frequently use the message feature to send out updates, memos, and individual messages to my staff. My sanity has been saved by the time-off request feature. Instead of five people coming up to me each day, asking for time off, I get their updates in the app. It's awesome.

Cons

I would love to have both blank shift templates AND have employee-assigned shift templates. I could easily rotate a schedule that much faster, if I didnt have to assign each shift each week. The paid time off allowances are a pain for me, as we work primarily with that feature in the lense of vacation time, which I look at as a matter of days and not hours.

Delton
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  • Industry: Security & Investigations
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

The wonders of Zoomshift

Reviewed on 17/02/2020

My people cannot clock into a shift until they are on site. This encourages them to be there a...

My people cannot clock into a shift until they are on site. This encourages them to be there a little early so they can get the full shift on the clock. They must clock out or the shift is considered unfinished. They only get paid for finished work.

Pros

The usability of the product is wonderful. All of my employees are using it and do so with ease.

Cons

I am have an issue with keeping the notifications flowing to the security guards without all of the emails coming to me every time a discussion point is posted. It is probably due to a programming error.

Shannon
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Great Customer Service!

Reviewed on 24/02/2020

Zoomshift came into my life when I was totally overwhelmed with making and maintaining a schedule...

Zoomshift came into my life when I was totally overwhelmed with making and maintaining a schedule for my employees. Staff was submitting request off's and preferred work days, etc. and it got really hard to manage on a simple spreadsheet. I knew there had to be a more efficient way of doing this and another small business in town connected me with Zoomshift. I haven't looked back since!

Pros

Ease of Use ... even with changes and upgrades to the interface, it takes only a matter of minutes to figure out the best way to navigate Zoomshift. It's very intuitive, which I appreciate greatly in any sot of database that I use on a regular basis.
I also love the customer service! We started with Zoomshift when it was relatively new and the service hasn't changed much since then. It seems like they've added people to the team so I speak directly to the owners less, but everyone has been wonderful to work with!

Cons

The price. It's totally reasonable for what we get and I don't question the value, but there are certainly less expensive ways we could be doing our scheduling. We also don't use all the features Zoomshift offers so that changes the perceived value a bit for me.

Nikki
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  • Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Very intuitive software

Reviewed on 19/10/2021

Keeps things more clean and organized, less room for error b/c before we were just using google docs

Keeps things more clean and organized, less room for error b/c before we were just using google docs

Pros

I like the ease with which me and my team can use it, very user friendly and intuitive, i like the ability to replicate weeks at a time, love how easy it is to track payroll

Cons

I hate that you have to request each individual shift for coverage requests, would love the ability to request multiple shifts at once

Alex
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  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

The BEST scheduling software I have ever used!

Reviewed on 02/07/2016

I have been using ZOOM-SHIFT for about 6 months now and I have saved so much time in making staff's...

I have been using ZOOM-SHIFT for about 6 months now and I have saved so much time in making staff's time sheet. It is so easy to use and I always get a prompt answer on questions I have asked. The customer is excellent and I would really recommend for small businesses.

Pros

With Zoomshift, You can save so much time planning and making employees schedules. You can make many adjustments such as changing employees working hours or working days and its hourly pay. Last minute change is available as you can simply click employee shift and make an adjustment.
Also, it gives you a good picture of how much you are spending on your payroll and how much you are paying to each employee weekly. The print/export function also allows you to convert your schedule to pdf file which you can print and give it to your employees.
"copy and paste" identical shift function also allows you to save so much time making employee schedule.

Cons

This is not really a con but is there a way to bring staff's schedule which is few weeks back? I know I can copy previous weeks schedule but I don't know yet if I can copy a schedule which is more than a week ago.

kevin
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

zoomshift review

Reviewed on 15/08/2016

So far, Zoomshift has had most of what we as a small restaurant group of five different distinct...

So far, Zoomshift has had most of what we as a small restaurant group of five different distinct concepts needs. However, there are still a lot of issues with one manager's actions bleeding over and affecting the other restaurants. Customer service has been prompt and helpful most of the time, and it does feel like our suggestions are being taken seriously. I'd still love to see much better siloing and more robust walls between restaurants. I'd like to be able to see only when there is a conflict with employees who work at more than one location, and have the rest of all the information be separated. The filters are useful, but it would be better if there was more separation between locations.

Pros

Love the ease of use, and I love the support

Cons

Everything from all the restaurants tends to get lumped together. We'd really like to have more control over which managers see which employees, etc. Swaps also are very unnecessarily confusing.

Response from ZoomShift

Kevin,

Thanks for the review and feedback!

It sounds like you are using locations to separate your various restaurants. Have you tried creating separate schedules? This will allow each restaurant to have it's own schedule and will prevent any crossover. Just ping us on support and we can help you get this setup.

-Ben

Sean
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  • Industry: Retail
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Awesome product

Reviewed on 16/02/2017

Where do I begin? Great value, it has been such a time saver. The employee's love it, they can...

Where do I begin? Great value, it has been such a time saver. The employee's love it, they can check their schedule, ask for time off, swap shift or pick-up shifts from their computer or their phones anywhere anytime.

Pros

easy, fast, efficient it is such a time saver, great customer service

Cons

Nothing after I talk to them and they show me how to do their updates

Jon
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  • Industry: Wholesale
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Super simple and easy to use for a small company without a physical time clock on site.

Reviewed on 25/10/2021

Pros

We use the mobile clock in and clock out functionality every day and it just works, no problems, no complaints. Setup is easy, just create a new user in the system and the system sends an email with all the instructions for the user to get started.
We don't need alot of bells and whitles but ZoomShift has them but the interface isn't so complex that the extras get in the way.

Cons

We don't use alot of the functionality but what we do use if flawless, no complaints.

Laura
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Perfect stop-gap solution

Reviewed on 17/12/2015

We are using ZoomShift in the Amazon Books store while we wait for our Kronos implementation to be...

We are using ZoomShift in the Amazon Books store while we wait for our Kronos implementation to be complete. We started with the scheduling piece, which is very user-friendly/easy to understand and manipulate, and are incorporating the new time clock feature within the next couple of weeks. Our associates use the app to check their schedule and send availability and timeoffs, which they love, and the drag-and-drop scheduling is a hit with our managers. In HR, we love being able to see everything that's going on from anywhere, and the built-in reporting on hours scheduled vs. worked saves us hours of manual work.

While ZoomShift doesn't offer every single functionality that we'd like as a big company, it's been great as a stop-gap solution. ZoomShift customer service is the most responsive and helpful I've ever encountered. We're moving fast, and it's so nice to know that anytime we reach out to them we'll have an almost immediate answer and solution. Once, they even built a feature we asked for that they didn't have yet...within one day of us asking about it. I'd highly recommend ZoomShift to anyone looking for a time and attendance system for a small- to mid-sized business.

Brenda
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  • Industry: Restaurants
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Dependable & Cost Effective Scheduling

Reviewed on 20/02/2020

It is an "out of sight, out of mind" app that helps us take care of business. It allows all staff...

It is an "out of sight, out of mind" app that helps us take care of business. It allows all staff and management to be on the same page for scheduling.

Pros

It does what we need it to do. It's cost effective, dependable & easy to use. It continues to evolve with features that we didn't even know we needed.

Cons

Slight learning curve at the beginning, very slight.

Dylan
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Eased my management pains and let me get back to my job of running an IT Help Desk.

Reviewed on 19/08/2015

I employ 20 wonderful student employees, all with ever changing schedules, academic work, clubs and...

I employ 20 wonderful student employees, all with ever changing schedules, academic work, clubs and social outings. I use to spend five to six hours a week fussing over the Google Calendar schedule, and when anyone tried to drop/trade/or got sick, scheduling took over my entire work day.

Zoomshift changed all of that. I have been a customer for almost three years now and cannot recommend this software enough. Most importantly Zoomshift helps us uphold standards as a work team. There is no longer any doubt that employees know when they work or can check readily. I love Zoomshift because its contribution to my professional life is on par with having hired someone to do my scheduling for me.

Sincerely,

Dylan Houston, MPA
Computer Center Manager
The Evergreen State College

Response from ZoomShift

Dylan,

Thanks for being such a loyal customer. You guys have been with us since the beginning! Your review is making everyone at ZoomShift smile right now :).

Ben
Co-Founder @ ZoomShift

Karen
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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Reviewed on 20/02/2020

One of the biggest benefits is the ability of our team to know their schedule without having to...

One of the biggest benefits is the ability of our team to know their schedule without having to come into work.

Pros

Our employees like the mobile app. We also like the notification services. The ability to look at a schedule while on the move if good as well.

Cons

Cannot think of anything we do not like.

Carlos
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

Employment Shift Application is Extremely Effective

Reviewed on 29/09/2021

Overall ZoomShift was an easy software to navigate through and was simple.

Overall ZoomShift was an easy software to navigate through and was simple.

Pros

This software was extremely easy to access and create an account. Along with the helpful features that make it easy for managers and employers to schedule and communicate effectively.

Cons

The only bad thing about this software was the notifications delay. As my shifts were only reminders as soon as my shift started.

Julia
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  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

YWCA Review

Reviewed on 05/01/2017

Great customer support. All of my questions have been answered! There are a few functions I wish it...

Great customer support. All of my questions have been answered! There are a few functions I wish it had but overall it has helped me to be more efficient when scheduling my staff. My staff love the feature of the app and being able to get alerts on their phones.

Pros

The app, it adds up my hours, it is color coded, pretty easy user-friendly.

Cons

I wish it had a way to set hour limits for each individual staff.

Chiharu
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Easy and accessible tool for both employees and employer to help manage scheduling and payroll.

Reviewed on 01/04/2016

Zoom shift is a flexible and accessible tool for employees to be able to change their schedule to...

Zoom shift is a flexible and accessible tool for employees to be able to change their schedule to fit their needs. It's easy to make last minute changes to schedules, adjust employee hours while simultaneously being able to keep track on how much your spending on payroll. They offer exporting tools that are convenient for accounting. Overall i'm very satisfied with the product. The customer service is great, always friendly and checking up answering question and offering tips. It's very affordable for everything that it offers. It's a very user friendly tool that is easy to use for both employees and management. It has taken out all the hassle of scheduling!

Rafal
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Good so far but could have a few improvements

Reviewed on 12/10/2016

Zoomshift has worked great for us thus far even though we are using it in a different industry than...

Zoomshift has worked great for us thus far even though we are using it in a different industry than its intended for. We managed to adjust the features in a way that they seem to work quite well. So far the biggest issue we have is NOT being able to drag shifts from week to week. The monthly view would be great if we could move shifts to another week which happens often in our industry. Another small thing that would be a great feature is the ability to sort locations alphabetically. Besides those 2 things everything has been working quite well.

Edward
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  • Industry: Facilities Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Review of zoomshift

Reviewed on 26/08/2016

I like the software. It is just sometimes difficult to get a speedy response when needed customer...

I like the software. It is just sometimes difficult to get a speedy response when needed customer service.

Pros

It is easy to use and affordable.

Cons

I would like it if it would add up the hours of employees over a perior of two week or whatever your pay period is.

Darla
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Simple to use and straight to the point

Reviewed on 25/01/2016

I chose Zoomshift over other scheduling software because of the ease of use. The schedules i'm...

I chose Zoomshift over other scheduling software because of the ease of use. The schedules i'm managing change weekly so I love the way I'm able to save a shift templates and just choose which shift is needed day by day. The interface allows me to drag and replace shifts if I accidentally schedule something in the wrong spot, which is helpful when I'm trying not to spend all day on schedules. The customer service is also great, every time I have a question I just chat in and Jon or Ben are super quick to reply back.

Julia
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User-Friendly scheduling

Reviewed on 19/08/2015

Zoom shift offers a straightforward venue with easy to-set parameters that make scheduling simple....

Zoom shift offers a straightforward venue with easy to-set parameters that make scheduling simple. Vast improvements have been made with the newest version- which was also fine, however this is entirely better. Helpful, fast, and courteous customer service.

Response from ZoomShift

Julia,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the new version. We spent a lot of time working on it and obsessing over little details. It's awesome to hear from our users that they can feel the improvement.

Ben
Co-Founder @ ZoomShift

Shelley
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Saving time!

Reviewed on 05/06/2016

I was searching for a scheduling application for my small business and came across zoomshift, it...

I was searching for a scheduling application for my small business and came across zoomshift, it has helped me to engage my mostly volunteer workforce in the scheduling process in a way that has saved me loads of time and stress. I have appreciated the prompt customer service and ease of use of the application. We have been using zoom shift for two months and are still learning the ins and out of it all, but would recommend it to other small businesses.

Evie L
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Use it to schedule our van drivers and who will lock up the facilities as well as the House...

Reviewed on 23/08/2015

Been getting better and better. So glad we no longer need a magnifying glass to look at the...

Been getting better and better. So glad we no longer need a magnifying glass to look at the printed schedule! Still learning the ins and outs. Is there a training video?

Sorry, I meant to put 3 stars for ease of use. Dumb mouse! :)

Response from ZoomShift

Evie,

Thanks for the review. I'm glad to hear that you are enjoying the continual improvements. Please let us know if you have any feedback or suggestions.

Ben
Co-Founder @ ZoomShift