Ask for time off from your phone

The phone app does the whole thing: the ask, the message, and the answer. Handy when the reason you cannot work is exactly that you are not near a computer.

Your manager's side of this: Approve or deny a staff request

Find the shift in your schedule

Tap the calendar tab at the bottom. Your week opens with one card per shift: the day on the left, the hours and label on the card.

The phone schedule of one staff member: the week number at the top, a card for each shift with its hours and label, and the tab bar along the bottom.

Swipe sideways, or tap ‹ and › at the top, to reach another week.
The filled day badge is today, so you always know where in the week you are.

Choose what to ask for

Tap the shift card. A sheet slides up with the shift on it and the same four ways to ask as on a computer.

A sheet over the phone schedule titled Select the type of change you want to make, with the shift and four tiles: Report time deviation, Ask for a change, Add a comment, and Report sick.

Ask for a change opens the time-off choices: Cancel shift, Change time, Offer shift to user and Swap shift.
Report sick and Report time deviation go straight to the form.

Say why and send it

The form shows the shift and a required Message field. Type one line about why, then tap Send.

The Cancel shift form on the phone: the shift with its hours, a required Message field, and a Send button.

The back arrow next to Send returns to the choices if you picked the wrong one.
Asking to Change time? Set the new hours on this sheet first.

Sending needs a connection. If your signal was poor, open the Outbox afterwards and check the request is really there.

Tap the envelope tab and switch to Outbox. Your sent request is there as a card: what you asked, your message, and how long ago you sent it. Inbox is the other direction, things sent to you.

The phone Requests screen on the Outbox tab, showing a sent Cancel shift request card with its message and a Cancel button.

Cancel on the card withdraws the request while it is still unanswered.
When it is approved, your week updates by itself and the card leaves the Outbox.

Allow notifications and the answer finds you, without opening the app at all.