Sling
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Sarah C.
Verified UserHealth, Wellness and Fitness · Self-Employed
Features, functions, and fabulous
Despite the desperate cheerleader narratives about every, single one of their features (we get it, it's cool guys), some of their offerings really are innovative and a welcome addition to business management software that you can't find in any of their competitors (geofencing clock in/out is possibly the best thing I've ever heard), their costs are the lowest I've ever seen and their easy to navigate platform is the most comprehensive I've ever found. Even if they charged 5 or 10x what they are, it would still be an easy choice.
- This software was easy to use and implement, intuitive, colorful, well labeled, directive, fluid, and flexible
- There are a lot of options available and it offers a lot od customization during both set up and operation
- I especially loved that the process to use sling, and the web application, was fast and understandable trying to get a small start up off the ground has me already spread thin on time and money, so sling really packs a punch for it's cost, which literally made my jaw drop, unparalleled
- The company website (not the web application itself) was cumbersome and their prose was annoyingly perky
- Seeing as they rambled on and on in long, overly adulating paragraphs about each one of their features, by the time I got to the "what's included in all packages/price points" section, I was a little disappointed about all the features not included (successful marketing ploy) but disappointing nonetheless
Why they chose it
"Price is lower Features are better, more varied, well thought out Interface is bright, colorful, friendly, not intimidating Company believes in its product and wants you to also, I'd rather have somebody care too much than not at all"
Maggie S.
Verified UserEducation Management · 11-50 employees
Adaptable Platform
Sling is a very useful and adaptable app for scheduling. Want to let people switch their own shifts? Turn on the setting! Want to approve each switch change? You can do that too. Want to look at a few people's schedules? It is very easy to do so.
- Sling has a feature in which you can view your own schedule or you can view the entire schedule, including other people's
- This makes it very easy to see what you want to see - your schedule, or who is working next, before you, or on a shift you might prefer
- Sling also provides an ability to switch shifts with individuals rather than everyone on the team which reduces clutter to those who cannot work that shift
- There is not much about Sling that I did not like other than when multiple schedules are input there are occasional errors
- Sometimes the shifts at my job overlap for different responsibilities, which we schedule into Sling
- When scheduling those roles or switching shifts among people, Sling sometimes errors out or states that there is an overlap multiple times before allowing us to schedule
Switched From
Connectteam did not offer the features we wanted to start using.
Britta J.
Verified UserHospital & Health Care · 10000+ employees
Effective team coordination
Verified reviewer
- I work in a large team
- In sling, my manager was able to identify different members of the team in groups
- I then could filter by team and only see the schedules of my close team members vs scrolling through everyone in our department
- When my manager was updating our schedules on a quarterly basis, our phones would be spammed by countless notifications about schedule changes
- This could be remedied by turning off notifications during this period of time, however this made it a risk for forgetting to turn notifications back on and missing important future communication
Cheryl V.
Verified UserPublic Safety · 11-50 employees
Easy to use with a minimal learning curve
It was positive, but we moved to another product that gave us more flexibility and options to manage the team.
- The ease of use
- It was easy for us to figure out how to use and for the staff to get acquainted with
- That I couldn’t easily share task lists with the rest of the team that was working
- We also didn’t have the functionality to have a document repository that was app based for the staff- the app was limited
Why they chose it
"Because it would automate what we were doing manually in Google sheets."
Cameron M.
Verified UserConsumer Goods · 2-10 employees
Scheduling made simple…
Overall I would go back should need be, I would also recommend! Scheduling made simple. Top 3 softwares for sure!
- I tried sling for a short time but it was okay to work with at the time
- A pro was it’s easy to understand, like most
- Technical errors
- Sometimes I wasn’t sure if it was me but I had trouble in certain areas but not consistent
Switched From
To try something different!! Our sheets was getting overwhelming as the staff grew!
Alyse P.
Verified UserSports · 11-50 employees
BEST for Staff Communication (time off, messages, notices, meetings)
We needed something to help communicate with all of our staff, and we tried lots of other systems. With Sling's many ways to communicate, via pages, messages, and the scheduling portion, we found it the most useful. We love that you can like or comment on posts to ensure staff know what they are doing, and that you can pin high priority topics at the top of the page to best find them when you need access quickly.
- We love the time off request- the ability to do it by day or by the hour is a great feature for our type of work where employees are scheduled by the hour
- We love how you can see if it has been approved or is pending, and the notifications to all management when a staff requests off is a great feature to keep everyone in the know
- We are working with the free version only, so under 50 employees, but we do have seasonal hiring, so in the summer months we go over that number
- We make it work, but it would be great to have flexibility to sometimes go over that number if needed to keep it a free user system
Switched From
not all staff wanted to be on Facebook or had Facebook.
Why they chose it
"Cost and communication tool for our staff"
Rich S.
Verified UserHealth, Wellness and Fitness · 51-200 employees
Great software for our NGO. Highly recommended.
We use Sling for our NGO and it is amazing. The sling team are always helpful and implement features that are requested (conflicts!). Thanks to Sling for making amazing software.
- We use Sling for our NGO (Care Alliamce) and it is amazing
- The sling team are always helpful and implement features that are requested (conflicts
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- Thanks to Sling for making amazing software
- None that come to mind
- Would be handy if it integrated into Xero booking/accounting software, I guess
Why they chose it
"Sling product is perfect and they were helpful since we are an NGO."
Mark W.
Verified UserHospitality · 2-10 employees
Perfect Solution Hospitality
Perfect. Everyday ease of Holiday and opening up to other staff
- Budgeting Wages against Takings, Rotas and Clock in / Out
- Not Being able to Link it to Bright, Could Be Slightly Cheaper for Full Version
Why they chose it
"Too Expenive to Start with, As i Used Sling in its free capacity 1st"
Dana O.
Verified UserVeterinary · 51-200 employees
Scheduling Tool Perfection
We tried to move from Sling to another product and ultimately went back to Sling. It is extremely user friendly, can handle the crazy scheduling needs for our complex hospital, as well offers an employee database.
Super easy to create recurring schedules for the team, keep track of time off requests, and fill in gaps in scheduling when necessary
- The only thing I wish Sling could do is copy singular shifts and "paste" them somewhere else
- The app/website offers a repetitive function, but for the shifts that only re-occur occasionally this would make scheduling much more efficient
Why they chose it
"Sling met the needs of our complex hospital and was more user friendly."
Larisa F.
Verified UserMedical Practice · 51-200 employees
Easy to use and worth your time for the free trial
Verified reviewer
Incredibly easy to use, drag and drop, duplicate shifts and the free version can be used for simple scheduling
- Messaging is not intuitive
- There is no separation in group messaging if you have multiple locations
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