Let the team sort a swap, and still approve it
The swap that actually happens in hospitality happens between two people who already know they can cover for each other. TimeTally puts that exchange in the app instead of the group chat, and still gives a manager the final say. A member of staff picks one of their own shifts and a named colleague, and either offers one of that colleague's shifts in return or hands theirs over with nothing back. The colleague accepts or declines. Only then does it reach a manager.
Three stages, one queue
Requested, accepted by the colleague, then approved or rejected by a manager with a reason. Nothing on the rota moves until the last of those.It refuses a swap that no longer works
If the shift has been reassigned since, the offered shift has been deleted, or the other person is now rostered that day, approval fails and tells the manager which of those it was.It warns before it goes out
A member of staff who has approved leave on the day of the shift they would be picking up is told so before the request is sent.Swaps are on unless you turn them off
A venue that would rather every change went through the head of department switches them off in one place, for the whole organisation.






