Sling has been a schedulers dream come true!
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I manage a team of over 30 volunteers to ensure that 18 different workstations are scheduled each Sunday. I have found Sling to be the absolute best way to manage our operation. Features I like include the ability to match people with their specialized skills, the ability to draft schedules weeks in advance, but only publish to all users as needed, the color-coding available for various positions, and the additional chat features to keep all communication in one place; the desktop management and the app for everyone on the team, giving alerts when schedules are published and just in time advance notices of upcoming shifts. Sling is a very robust yet simple to use solution for anyone managing multiple people and workstations to ensure smooth operations.
Pros
- Desktop application for more detailed assignment of shifts.
- Simple App for the workforce deployment that shows shifts and offers communication.
- Ability for users to schedule themselves off work.
Cons
- Dragging of positions to different places on the schedule does not work on the desktop anymore, and this was a very handy tool.
- Recurring scheduling for individuals could be enhanced to be more like other calendar programs - not just "every X weeks" but also "every 1st week of mo" or "every last week of mo" etc.
Likelihood to Recommend
Sling offers enough customization I can see it working in most any scheduling scenarios. The ability to build job types into each employee gives you the control to match employee skills with the need for any particular position. Time of day templates makes it easy to select various shift times.
