The Future of Trading Your Shift…Today!

Communicating with the network of coworkers that have registered for the site is the backbone of how HaveMyShift has been able to help employees get their shift covered by coworkers who want more hours. Word of mouth has, for the most part, been able to get many of your coworkers in your area on the site. For that, we thank you for making the site so successful for everyone using it! When we first built the site, relying on having nearby coworkers sign up for the site was good enough. Today, we want to expand how many of your coworkers

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What Not To Do: Learning the hard way that you NEED to talk to your users

So, i’ll admit. One of the most important reasons HaveMyShift exists is to build tools and a community around a group of people who are often handed the short end of the stick. We have a TON of pride knowing that we originated from my experiences as a Starbucks barista and love telling our story to anyone who would listen. Some of you may have noticed that we released some new functionality into the site that may have barred you from actually using the site! We thought this would actually make the site better! Obvious, FAIL. The problem that we

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