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MakeShift Reviews in June 2026: User Ratings, Pros & Cons
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MakeShift Reviews & Ratings
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MakeShift excels in providing a flexible scheduling and communication platform, allowing for quick adjustments to shifts and secure messaging. However, its reporting features may not meet the needs of larger organizations.Read more
MakeShift pros and cons
On-the-fly shift management
Secure employee communication
Time tracking features
User-friendly interface
Limited reporting capabilities
May lack advanced integrations
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C W
11/10/22
"Makeshift makes the shift !"
What do you like best about MakeShift? Makeshift is a great way to allow staff to independently view their schedule, request time off and communicate anywhere digitally in real time. What do you dislike about MakeShift? The drop shift notification does not work, there is no alert when a person drops or swaps a shift. What problems is MakeShift solving and how is that benefiting you? Makeshift allowed me to cover shifts faster with out having to contact each employee individually.
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Anonymous User
11/10/22
"Makeshift G2 Review"
What do you like best about MakeShift? It is fairly user-friendly. It was easy to set up a schedule and it allows staff to easily access and request shifts What do you dislike about MakeShift? The phone app is very sticky. When things get shifted by mistake, there is no un-do option What problems is MakeShift solving and how is that benefiting you? It allows a person to visualize the scheduling in a more colour fashion so it is easier to see what gaps need to be addressed
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Anonymous User
11/10/22
"Great scheduling and overviews"
What do you like best about MakeShift? The general overview of the platform was straightforward to navigate. It was beneficial to see the allotted labor budgets. The click-and-drag function for scheduling was also seamless. What do you dislike about MakeShift? When adding a new employee to the profile, a couple of pages need to be updated, and it can get a bit tedious to continuously save the entered data. We would have to confirm the employee's employment status, click save, designate ...
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Angela C
11/10/22
"Decent Platform but Training is Not Great"
What do you like best about MakeShift? The interaction between makeshift and ADP is good and helps with payroll getting completed correctly. What do you dislike about MakeShift? It is not easy to use or publish a schedule. I also run into a lot of trouble with caregivers who have used it other places and do not have a secondary email address. What problems is MakeShift solving and how is that benefiting you? Makeshift helps to keep track of call offs and keeps block schedules well.
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Anonymous User
11/10/22
"Family Visions"
What do you like best about MakeShift? Most people seem to cathc on to it. As an admin I find it very easy. What do you dislike about MakeShift? Staff cannot easily exchange shifts....some staff cant at all....it pops shifts out of the mobile app if the time is close to coming up. some staff cant see opne shifts...even if they are trained at theat dep and their shifts dont overlap. Have brought up with the Tech team and no fixes. What problems is MakeShift solving and how is that benefiting ...
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Daniel M
11/10/22
"Very simple and easy to use schedule platform"
What do you like best about MakeShift? Preset schedules, easy tracking to view availability and time off What do you dislike about MakeShift? It is easy to use but could use a refresh to be a little easier to navigate and edit times What problems is MakeShift solving and how is that benefiting you? Allows us to easily schedule our staff and track coverage for our department needs
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AARON Z
11/10/22
"Good product"
What do you like best about MakeShift? Ease of us. Very easy to figure out how to use. What do you dislike about MakeShift? Theres not much i dislike. Everything does what its supposed What problems is MakeShift solving and how is that benefiting you? Time management
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C W
11/10/22
"Makeshift makes the shift !"
What do you like best about MakeShift? Makeshift is a great way to allow staff to independently view their schedule, request time off and communicate anywhere digitally in real time. What do you dislike about MakeShift? The drop shift notification does not work, there is no alert when a person drops or swaps a shift. What problems is MakeShift solving and how is that benefiting you? Makeshift allowed me to cover shifts faster with out having to contact each employee individually.
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Anonymous User
11/10/22
"The site does not merge with ADP very well"
What do you like best about MakeShift? It is quite good for posting open shifts What do you dislike about MakeShift? It would help if it wasn't so difficult to link with ADP What problems is MakeShift solving and how is that benefiting you? It helps with contacting employees to fill shifts
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Anonymous User
11/10/22
"Evolving scheduling solution worth considering!"
What do you like best about MakeShift? Staff can access it via app/ phone based What do you dislike about MakeShift? Difficult to change multiple shifts. Eg. Must change every single shift in 2 weeks vs being able to select the entire 2 week block What problems is MakeShift solving and how is that benefiting you? Ease of access
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