Deputy: Shift scheduling tool frustrations
Users find the Deputy Shift Schedule Maker to be frustrating and ineffective for factory work. Many express a strong desire for improvements or alternatives, indicating widespread dissatisfaction with the app's functionality.
8 different people have complained about this since 30 Apr 2019, most recently on 01 Dec 2025.
No new posts for 343 days. This may have been fixed, or people stopped writing about it — the evidence below is from before 01 Dec 2025.
- “I wish my employer didn’t use this company.”
- “Deputy: Shift Schedule Maker — Terrible for factory work.”
- “Deputy: Shift Schedule Maker — Please fix this.”
8 people in 8 posts across 1 source · 0 in the last 30 days, 0 in the 30 before
The pain
shares of 8 peopleWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 8 people using Deputy: Shift Schedule Maker
- What goes wrong
- App freezes and loads very slowly2 people · 25%
- Since
- 30 Apr 2019 → 01 Dec 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
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- Complaint8100%
Sources
8 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
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…imes the app has pinned me in a different location far from the site. Very frustrating and annoying!
FrustratedDeputy: Shift Schedule Maker — Worst app Worst app. I wish my employer didn’t use this company. I can never swap a shift because it never loads!! Useless
Wishes it existedDeputy: Shift Schedule Maker — Terrible for factory work Good luck getting it to load in a low service area like a factory or editing any punch legit hate this app with a passion
Deputy: Shift Schedule Maker — Please fix this Why do I have to be on-site to clock out. That defeats the entire point of having the app on my phone
Deputy: Shift Schedule Maker — Frustrating Handy app when it’s works!
Frustrated
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Why did it move?
Score 26.8 → 26.9 · 25 Oct 2026, 15:00 → 16:15 UTC
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Questions about this idea
- Is Shift scheduling tool frustrations 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 30 Apr 2019 and the most recent from 01 Dec 2025. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Status: quiet — no new posts in the last 60 days. 0 people raised it in the last 30 days and 0 in the 30 days before; the status compares its share of everything collected from the same source, so collecting more or less cannot create a trend.
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Deputy often pins workers at the wrong location or fails to load shift swaps in factory settings. We noticed 8 people mentioned these glitches costing them money or making it impossible to clock out correctly. When the app places you miles away from the site, how are you proving your actual punch-in time to your manager?