Deputy: Slow and Buggy Shift Scheduling App
The Deputy: Shift Schedule Maker is plagued by significant performance issues, including slow functionality and a clunky user interface. Additionally, the mobile app suffers from glitches and inaccuracies, particularly regarding public holidays, leading to a frustrating user experience.
6 different people have complained about this since 08 Sept 2025, most recently on 10 Jul 2026.
- “Public holidays are not accurate, the mobile app glitches and amount of bug fixes is low.”
- “Deputy: Shift Schedule Maker — Program is now trash.”
- “Deputy: Shift Schedule Maker — Slow as trash.”
6 people in 6 posts across 2 sources · demand low, pain low, competition low
The pain
shares of 6 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 6 people using Deputy: Shift Schedule Maker
- What goes wrong
- Not classified into a failure type — read the posts below.
- How bad
- 100% of posts are complaints
- Since
- 08 Sept 2025 → 10 Jul 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
- 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
- Complaint6100%
Sources
6 signals · 2 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original
…st it provides heartache and confusion for my large team and payroll. Public holidays are not accurate, the mobile app glitches and amount of bug fixes is low. I will not be using this when starting my next business and can’t wait to get off Deputy.
Deputy: Shift Schedule Maker — Program is now trash The newest version online and app is absolutely trash will tons of bugs and navigation issues. They took a good product and ruined it completely. Don’t waste the money with this product.
Deputy: Shift Schedule Maker The new Deputy update is really bad. It takes longer for the app to load and there is a lag. The 'available shifts' button isn't showing the number of shifts available (like +4) anymore. Also, it doesn't show whether the company or the interpreter is offering the shift, it only shows that…
Deputy: Shift Schedule Maker — Slow as trash It doesn’t load right away or refresh and with the recent update it takes even longer to open or to load shifts or available shifts or timesheet.. just disappointing
Deputy: Shift Schedule Maker — New update sucks New updated version is incredibly slow. It be had to restart app 10+ times trying to add time sheets. New UI looks way better but the app is non functional.
Market and score
Products already there, how the score moved, and what it is made of
Opportunity history
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Why did it move?
Score 22.9 → 25.0 · 02 Oct 2026, 18:00 → 19:15 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 Slow and Buggy Shift 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?
- 6 different people described it independently, in 6 mentions, the earliest from 08 Sept 2025 and the most recent from 10 Jul 2026. 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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