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AI Shifts Ignore Availability

Automated scheduling tools produce unrealistic, understaffed shifts that ignore worker availability and store demand, forcing managers to rebuild schedules manually.

In their words

We currently build schedules manually on excel and spend a lot of time adjusting lunches and breaks when meetings, coaching sessions, PTO, or training sessions are needed.

r/workforcemanagement on Reddit

It would have to be fully customisable, I oversee a rota with 13 different shift types.

r/doctorsUK on Reddit

We currently build schedules manually on excel and spend a lot of time adjusting lunches and breaks when meetings, coaching sessions, PTO, or training sessions are needed.

r/callcentres on Reddit

You need a dedicated support partner for new hires in difficult roles.

r/starbucks on Reddit

I need more hours & these little shifts feel like a joke—wasting my gas.

r/retailhell on Reddit

it’s an extremely unintuitive app with far too many clicks to get to things. Schedule writing takes significantly longer as well

r/Target on Reddit

I'm really tired, since I've been picking up the extra days for almost 2 months.

r/Serverlife on Reddit

they will only schedule you like 3-4 shifts only like 15 hours allotted. So your checks will be small.

r/BurlingtonCoatFactory on Reddit

That it's not terribly convenient for us to attend mandatory 10am - 12pm business meetings.

r/Nightshift on Reddit

We also have significant mandatory overtime and I’m tired of it.

r/Firefighting on Reddit

We edit it heavily so it’s workable by the time it’s posted.

r/wholefoods on Reddit

the limiting factor has usually been lack of scrub staff/ODPs rather than anaesthetists

r/doctorsUK on Reddit

I was hoping to calculate if multiple shifts can be shifted around to facilitate someones day off.

Hacker News

Retail and restaurant staff

Where they talk

  • r/Target
  • r/workforcemanagement
  • r/Lowes
  • r/DollarGeneralWorkers
  • r/OGPBackroom
  • r/WalmartEmployees
  • r/smallbusiness
  • r/DollarTree

Tools they use today

  • UKG
  • Excel
  • Kronos
  • Legion
  • MyTime
  • ESS
  • Google Sheets
  • HotSchedules

Why those fall short

  • scheduling system produces short shifts; workers can only reject after the fact
  • AI ignores time-off requests and coverage needs, schedules need heavy tweaking
  • no min/max hours data, ignores availability and preferences
  • schedules do not match freight and order volume
  • schedules outside availability, inconsistent shifts, swap bugs, wrong call-off status