The problem we lived
Shared spreadsheets, group chats, and a printout that was wrong by Thursday. Every Sunday night was a rebuild; every swap at 4 PM was another message thread.
Our story
We built this because we needed it — then our friends asked for it.
InShifts was not a pitch deck or a market gap slide. It started with our own schedules falling apart: shared spreadsheets, group chats, and a printout that was wrong by Thursday. We wanted one board we could trust — so we built it.
Our path
From a broken spreadsheet to a board we trust
InShifts did not start as a startup idea. It started because our own weeks kept falling apart — then friends running real floors asked for the same thing.
2022–23 Internal Built for ourselves first
We wanted one screen: drag the week, see the whole crew, stop re-explaining the plan. InShifts began as our own tool — not a pitch deck.
Friends Then our friends asked
Managers at bars and neighborhood restaurants had the same chaos — too much for Excel, not enough people for enterprise HR. We opened it to people we knew and listened.
Jan 2024 First public release
Drag-and-drop week board, roster with roles and team colors, shift times you could nudge in place. Rough around the edges, but faster than another tab for one manager.
2024–25 Answers from real floors
“Can staff see this without an account?” “Can I copy last Friday?” Publish links, the employee portal, cloud sync — we shipped because we lived those questions.
Public Opened to everyone
Same product, wider circle: free while you are small, templates and coverage when you need depth — not a corporate suite dressed up as simple.
TodayNow Still one calm weekly board
Multi-venue overview, optional compliance metrics, print-friendly weeks — toggles, not a mandatory rollout on day one. The goal never changed: one truth for the week.
What we believe
One week, one truth
The same plan on your laptop, a staff link, and a printout — not three versions floating around.
Small teams deserve good tools
Free for up to 10 people. You should not need a procurement process to stop losing hours to scheduling.
Depth when you ask for it
Templates, coverage rules, optional compliance metrics — toggles, not a mandatory compliance rollout on day one.
Your roster stays yours
Tokenized publish links, scoped visibility, no selling shift data. You control who sees what.
Who it is for
Independent restaurants, neighborhood bars, cafes with part-time crews, and operators with a handful of locations who are tired of scheduling chaos. If you have ever said "let me send the updated sheet" ten minutes before doors open — that is who we built this for. Including ourselves.