Deputy: Shift scheduling app malfunction after update
Users are experiencing significant issues with the Deputy: Shift Schedule Maker app following a recent update, rendering it unusable for starting shifts. This has led to frustration and reliance on supervisors to resolve the problems, indicating a critical failure in the app's functionality.
8 different people have complained about this since 01 Sept 2025, most recently on 24 Sept 2025.
- “It won’t allow me to start my shift, even an unscheduled one so I’m constantly letting my supervisor know that I’m acting at work and she has to fix it up for me.”
- “Deputy: Shift Schedule Maker — Frustrating.”
- “This was working well for a while and all a sudden, I got locked out and I have unable to log in back for almost 2 months now.”
8 people in 8 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition low
The pain
shares of 8 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 8 people using Deputy: Shift Schedule Maker
- What goes wrong
- Doesn't work13% of posts
- How bad
- 100% of posts are complaints
- Since
- 01 Sept 2025 → 24 Sept 2025
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
- Deputy: Shift Schedule Maker
- 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
- Complaint8100%
Sources
8 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original. 1 post was held back as off-topic; all 8 still count toward the score.
…logging me out, when I attempt to log in, it logs me back out again. It won’t allow me to start my shift, even an unscheduled one so I’m constantly letting my supervisor know that I’m acting at work and she has to fix it up for me. Very annoying.
FrustratedDeputy: Shift Schedule Maker — Frustrating I receive emails daily on available work. When I go to the app, there’s nothing. I click on update through the app, and still nothing. I’ve updated my phone. Uninstalled and reinstalled the app and still nothing.
FrustratedDeputy: Shift Schedule Maker — App not working This was working well for a while and all a sudden, I got locked out and I have unable to log in back for almost 2 months now. Done everything possible, uodated my phone, uninstalled and reinstalled bu nothing!
…app has stopped working after the last update. Couldn’t even open it. Deleted, reinstalled. After trying to reset the password for three times and still not being recognized by the app, deleted it forever.
Deputy: Shift Schedule Maker — Doesnt work after recent update The app doesnt let me in after the update
Doesn't work
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Why did it move?
Score 26.9 → 27.0 · 09 Oct 2026, 01:00 → 02:15 UTC
How the score was measured38 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100Show ↓Hide ↑
Questions about this idea
- Is Shift scheduling app malfunction after update 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?
- 8 different people described it independently, in 8 mentions, the earliest from 01 Sept 2025 and the most recent from 24 Sept 2025. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: stable — mentioned at a steady rate. Momentum is 43/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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