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HotSchedules - Employee Scheduling Software

HotSchedules Reviews in April 2025: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

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4.3

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HotSchedules Reviews & Ratings

4.3

Very Good

Based on 941 ratings & 121 reviews

Rating Distribution

Excellent

(70)

Very Good

(38)

Good

(12)

Poor

(0)

Terible

(1)

Expert's Review

HotSchedules has garnered consistent praise from users for its organizational efficiency and user-friendly interface. Users appreciate the ease of accessing work schedules, notifications, and communication features, which have streamlined scheduling processes and reduced instances of confusion and tardiness. The app's ability to facilitate shift swaps, request ...Read more

HotSchedules pros and cons

  • Easy access to work schedule, messages, and holiday approvals, even during school hours.

  • User-friendly for all staff, enabling convenient scheduling, shift swaps, and time-off requests.

  • Effective for staff communications, providing timely notifications and real-time updates.

  • Convenient mobile app for releasing and swapping work shifts, requesting time off, and receiving work notifications.

  • The mobile app is not free, which could be a downside for users.

  • Some users experienced glitches and lags on the app, affecting user experience.

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User in Health, Wellness and Fitness

06/15/19

5 out of 5

Really good program, simple to use

What do you like best? I like how easy it is to communicate with your team (it features messaging) and it is simple to show your availability. I also like how it shows the contact information for all of your team members. I also enjoy how you get both email and text notifications. What do you dislike? I wish that you could get email or text notifications for when someone releases their shift and it is available for pick-up. Recommendations to others considering the product: Set ...

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User in Restaurants

06/11/19

3.5 out of 5

Hot BBQ Schedules

What do you like best? Has functions available for anything I need to do with scheduling for work. User interface is pretty self explanatory and easy to maneuver. What do you dislike? There are sometimes issues with logging in. When I open the app sometimes it just sits there and I have to close it and try again. Recommendations to others considering the product: Connect it to Google calendar What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? ...

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Lauren J

06/06/19

5 out of 5

Fast and User Friendly

What do you like best? In switching from jolt to hot schedules, I found that the speed and simplicity of the program made it a breeze to use. What do you dislike? I don’t have any problems with hot schedules; it does everything I need it to. Recommendations to others considering the product: If your considering hot schedules I say go for it, you won’t regret the fact that this program just works- plain and simple. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits ...

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mdiane g

05/27/19

5 out of 5

Adjust your schedule from anywhere

What do you like best? Hotschedules enables employers to communicate not only emplyee schedules and changes therein, it also includes a built in messaging system to ease communicationn about meetings, products, whatever you like. It can be set up to notify you of schedule changes, messages, et al via email or text or both. Employees can easilyput their shifts out there for someone to pick up. They can look up emplyees contact information to get in touch about possible changes. All that ...

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User in Restaurants

05/21/19

3 out of 5

Not the best but not the worst

What do you like best? It works for scheduling, plain and simple What do you dislike? I dislike that the app costs money for employees, and the interface isn’t clear. There’s a lot of clicking around to see clear cut scheduling What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Solves employee scheduling across the FOH

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Dana P

05/11/19

5 out of 5

Good website/app

What do you like best? I like HotSchedules because it is easy to maneuver. I found that it was updated often which made it easier to look at your schedule. I also liked that you were able to see the staff and get in touch with other co-workers easily and see things such as their phone numbers and email addresses. What do you dislike? Sometimes the calendar function on the website looked messy. I found that it was much easier to navigate the app on my cell phone instead of logging in ...

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Ed A

05/08/19

4.5 out of 5

Use for pretty much everything

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User in Food & Beverages

05/02/19

5 out of 5

Great for pass-on notes

What do you like best? I love the shift notes feature. I have used this at work to pass on notes to my fellow managers detailing important information from my shift or about their upcoming shift. Also great for record keeping for staff issues because you can search through an the post notes. What do you dislike? Going through the steps for the schedule print out daily was annoying and should be streamlined. Recommendations to others considering the product: Use the notes forum! ...

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User in Restaurants

04/17/19

4 out of 5

Great Restaurant Employee Scheduling Tool

What do you like best? Ability to see multiple schedules and sort them. Also the ability to view everyone else’s schedule and contact information. Easily swap and release shifts. What do you dislike? Created inconsistency between work emails and hotschedules communication. Recommendations to others considering the product: Great tool for employee management, staffing, and financial outlook. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? ...

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Administrator in Sports

03/05/19

3.5 out of 5

Great for Scheduling Okay for Reports

What do you like best? The scheduling aspect is wonderful, it works great and we have not received many complaints from out employees who use it. What do you dislike? There are many reporting features that I would love to use however the date ranges for these reports maxes out at about 2-3 months making them essentially useless for my purposes. Recommendations to others considering the product: As a scheduling and communication platform it works flawlessly, if you want something ...

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