Piloted at
Ember & Oak
Built for how the pass actually runs
01
WhatsApp-native staff comms
Staff never download an app — every request happens in the WhatsApp they already have open.
02
Manual, Partial & Full-Auto AI modes
Choose exactly how much control the AI has, from suggestions only to fully hands-off scheduling.
03
Auto-generated roster builder
Build a full week’s roster from staff availability in seconds, not hours.
How it works
1
Staff request
Availability, leave, and swaps sent straight over WhatsApp.
2
Manager approves
Review the AI-built draft roster and approve it in about two minutes.
3
Roster updates
Everyone gets the final roster back on WhatsApp, automatically.
WHY WE BUILT THIS
"OpShifts started with a simple problem: watching good managers lose hours every week to the hassle of rostering and the endless WhatsApp scramble. Our co-founder Cam works the floor at Jonkershuis, a wine farm restaurant in Cape Town — so this wasn't researched from the outside. It was lived, one exhausting roster at a time. He asked his managers about the system, and got the same disappointing answer every time: rostering is just done this way, and there's nothing better. So we decided to try."
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