Broken Employee Scheduling App
Users are experiencing significant frustration with the Homebase employee scheduling app due to its broken functionality, which prevents them from viewing their schedules. This issue has led to widespread dissatisfaction, with users expressing their annoyance and calling for urgent fixes.
4 people in 4 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition low
The pain
shares of 4 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 4 people using Homebase: Employee Scheduling
- What goes wrong
- Not classified into a failure type — read the posts below.
- How bad
- 100% of posts are complaints · pain score low (25/100)
- Since
- 12 Aug 2026 → 30 Aug 2026
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- Homebase: Employee Scheduling
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 0% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint4100%
Sources
4 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original
Homebase: Employee Scheduling — pointless app in the beginning, I used to be able to see everyone's schedule for the whole week.. as it updated, I can't see who's working when and what time anymore, it won't show anything other than my own schedule.. how am I supposed to know if I will be working by myself all day…
Homebase: Employee Scheduling — App doesn’t work Can’t even view my schedule because the app is broken. Hasn’t worked in days
Strong complaintHomebase: Employee Scheduling — GLITCHES WITH UPDATING TIME OFF So annoying it’s unbelievable
FrustratedHomebase: Employee Scheduling — Fix the bugggssss Please
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Questions about this idea
- Is Broken Employee Scheduling App a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 4 different people described it independently, in 4 mentions, the earliest from 12 Aug 2026 and the most recent from 30 Aug 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: declining — mentioned less often than before. Momentum is 31/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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