Online Employee Scheduling | 7shifts - Features

Once you've created your first schedule, you'll never go back to paper.

	Drag and drop to copy or move shifts Click and hold your mouse and drag shifts to other employees. Want to copy shifts? No problem, hold down the shift key and drag the shift to where you want to copy it to. Read more about how to move and copy shifts »
Create Schedules Creating and modifying schedules has never been easier. You can input the hours for each shift in almost any format you want - this includes 24hr format, including am/pm as well as leaving out am/pm.
	Availability Plotted When you're creating a new schedule you'll see a "not available" notice if the employee has requested that day off. This is a friendly reminder not to book that employee for that specific day. If the employee has left a message in their availability submission, you can view it by putting your mouse cursor over the "not available" tag.
Text Message & Email Notifications Whenever a new schedule is created, every employee will be text messaged and emailed their hours for that week. This ensures that every employee is notified and has no excuse for missing a shift. Employees can configure the notifications they receive in their settings area.
	Copy Schedules If next week's schedule is almost identical to a previous schedule, simply copy it over - no need to re-type all of those shifts. You will be able to make any necessary changes to the newly copied schedule before sending it out to your employees. Read more about how to copy schedules »
Draft Schedules A draft schedule is a schedule that hasn’t been published and sent out to your employees. It allows employers to start making a schedule, and if they’re not done, they can save it and come back to publish it later. Read more about how to use draft schedules »
	Sync with Google Calendar/iCal If you're someone that keeps events, tasks or important meetings in Google Calendar or iCal, you can sync all scheduled shifts to your Google Calendar so all your stuff is in one place. This is great for both employers and employees. Read more about how to sync schedules »
Labor Cost & Total Hours When you're creating or modifying a schedule, you will get a rough idea of labor costs for that week as well as the amount of hours you've scheduled.
	Download & Print Schedules Employers can download the schedule in excel format as well as print schedules to post at the back of their workplace.
Departments Your workplace might have different sections or departments that have their own separate schedule. Having different departments allows you to create schedules for specific areas of your workplace that only contain certain employees. Read more about how to use departments »
	Daily bar graph While you're making or editing a schedule, you can click to graph a specific day. Read more about it here »