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Employee scheduling software

Build the week with availability, qualifications, coverage, and conflicts in view.

ShiftSideKick is staff scheduling software for hourly teams — a Timeline workspace, not a decorative calendar widget. Publish when the week is honest. Copy forward when Monday looks like last Monday.

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A visual scheduler that stays subordinate to the rules

The browser proposes. The domain validates: qualification, availability, overlap, overnight intervals, organization scope. That is how trust survives a drag-and-drop.

Timeline scheduling workspace with role-based shifts

Open shifts and overnight work

Unassigned blocks stay visible. Overnight work is a first-class interval. Group by employee, position, department, or location without inventing a new product for each industry.

Publish so people can see the week

Draft until it is right. Publish so employees see their schedule, can acknowledge the week, and can download an .ics file. The floor should not be hunting a printout.

Scheduling questions

Yes. Employees can edit their own weekly availability, see their schedule, clock in, request time off, and ask about open shifts. Managers review those requests.

Yes. Overnight intervals are part of the scheduling domain, not a special-case calendar. Timeline is built for shifts that cross midnight.

Yes. One schedule, multiple lenses: Schedule, Coverage, and Timeline, with range and group-by controls such as employee, position, department, and location.

The product is built around people, positions, availability, and coverage — not a locked restaurant daypart model. Morning/mid/closing can be configured if you use them. They are not assumed.

Put next week on a Timeline you can trust.

Free for one location and up to 10 active team members. No credit card. SideKick explains. You decide.

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