Offer up a shift to the Shift Pool
Need someone to cover your scheduled shift? The 7shifts Shift Pool lets you offer a scheduled shift to your coworkers when you need someone to cover it. Once your shift is in the pool, coworkers can bid on it and a Manager approves the swap.
Things to know
- Your shift remains yours until a coworker bids on it and your Manager approves the swap. You'll receive a notification when that happens.
- If your Manager edits the date or time of your offered shift and publishes the schedule, your shift is automatically removed from the Shift Pool. You'll get an in-app notification. If you still need cover, you can offer it up again:
- If you change your mind, find the shift in your Schedule and tap or click Take back.
- If your Admin has enabled partial shifts, you can offer up part of your shift instead of the full shift.
Offer up a shift
- Tap the calendar icon in the bottom menu to go to the Schedule page.
- Tap the shift you want to give away.
- Tap Find Cover.
- Select Offer Up.
- From here, you can:
- Choose whether to offer up the full shift or a partial shift (if your Admin has enabled partial shifts)
- Add any comments you want your coworkers to see
- Choose to offer the shift to everyone who shares your role, or to specific coworkers
- Tap Offer Up when you're ready.
- Your shift is added to the Shift Pool. Your coworkers receive a notification that there's a shift available to bid on:
- In the left navigation bar, go to Schedules.
- Click Offer up shift below the shift you want to give away.
- Select who you're offering the shift to. You can make it available to all coworkers assigned to that role, or only to specific employees assigned to that role.
- Click Offer up when you're ready.
- Your shift is added to the Shift Pool. Your coworkers receive a notification that there's a shift available to bid on:
Next steps
Once your shift is in the Shift Pool, your coworkers will receive a notification and can bid on it:
Your Manager reviews bids and approves the swap. You'll get a notification when your shift has been taken. If you change your mind, find the shift in your Schedule and click Take back: