Employee Engagement

Employee Engagement

Employees who feel invisible leave. Full stop.

Shifty's engagement tools give your team a real voice with announcements, chat, polls, and anonymous suggestions, so the people doing the work feel like they're part of it.

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Good afternoon,
Jamie 👋
Announcement· 2h ago
Friday Pre-Shift Huddle
Spring cocktail menu launches tonight 🍸
Poll· 23 of 28 voted
Next month's staff special?
Taco Tuesday 🌮52%
Wing Wednesday 🍗26%
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May check-in

What would make next month better?

More cross-training between bar and floor.
2 of 3 done
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Can someone cover 2 hrs Saturday close?
I got you 🙌
Implementation Service

Too busy to build it yourself?

Hand us your menus, training manuals, and operation guides. We'll build your entire system so your team can just log in and go.

Turnover isn't just about pay. It's about feeling like they don't matter.

Restaurant shift workers don't have a company email so they miss everything

Announcements get posted in the break room and ignored

Nobody asks frontline staff how things are going until they quit

You only hear feedback when something has already gone wrong

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Retention starts with connection.

The restaurants with the lowest turnover aren't necessarily paying the most. They're the ones where employees feel informed, heard, and part of something. Shifty gives you the tools to build that culture at scale, without adding another app to your stack.

Built for the floor

Features designed specifically for the pace and realities of restaurant operations.

Team announcements pushed straight to employee phones

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Main Street Bar & Grill
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JD
Good afternoon,
Jamie 👋
Announcements
2 new
Announcement· 2h ago
Friday Pre-Shift Huddle
Spring cocktail menu launches tonight 🍸
Announcement· Yesterday
New POS shortcuts cheat sheet
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In-app chat so communication happens in one place, not scattered across texts

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32 Members
Tanya
Mike
Today 3:15 PM
Hey team, someone called in sick for tonight's close. Can anyone cover the 5pm-11pm?
Tanya
Tanya
I can take it if someone can swap my open tomorrow!
Mike
Mike
I'll take your open tomorrow Tanya, I prefer mornings anyway 🙌
Perfect. Updating the schedule now, thanks guys!
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Polls and surveys to get real-time feedback from the floor

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Quick Poll
JD
Poll· closes 5pm

Next month's staff special?

Taco Tuesday 🌮
52%
Wing Wednesday 🍗
26%
Burger Bash 🍔
13%
Pasta Night 🍝
9%
23 of 28 votedYour pick: Taco Tuesday
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May check-in2 of 3

How was your last shift?

Better paced shifts on Thursdays, felt slammed last week.

What would make next month better?

0 / 200
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Anonymous · takes 30s
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Anonymous suggestion tool so you hear the things people won't say out loud

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Sent without your name. Owner sees the message only.

What's on your mind?

Share feedback, ideas, or concerns…
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Recognition features to celebrate and retain your top performers

Main Street Bar
7 Locations
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OverallEngagementTrainingTesting
This week
142 sent · Downtown leads with 38
+18%
vs last wk
Location
Reads
Polls
Surveys
Total
Downtown
96%
91%
38
92%
Eastside
88%
84%
29
84%
Main St #1
81%
76%
24
78%
Westside
74%
68%
19
71%
Northside
62%
54%
14
60%
Southside
51%
47%
11
51%
Uptown
42%
38%
7
42%
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You'll Be In Good Company

1,000+ locations trust Shifty to run a more consistent shift.

Here's what operators say after putting it on their floors.

"One challenge is making sure everyone is on the same page. With Shifty you can see who's actually reading our announcements, who's actually paying attention, and — even more important — you can hold them accountable. We couldn't do that before Shifty."

Freshta
Barry's Downtown Prime
Barry's Downtown Prime

"Engagement is a huge buzzword in our industry right now, and it's because of this generation. What got me excited about Shifty is that it sticks to the facts — you didn't pass your test, that's just the fact. There's no gray area, no 'that person didn't like me.' The app says it. For me, in this industry now, it's all about accountability and accessibility, and that's how my whole team is set up with Shifty."

Kwini Reed
Poppy + Rose / Poppy + Seed
Poppy + Rose / Poppy + Seed

"Our young staff fly right through it — they figure it out and know how to navigate it instantly. And the old staff keeps saying, 'I wish I'd had this my first week.' Everyone feels so much more relieved that there's a real structure to follow."

Charleen
Zaza's on Main
Zaza's on Main

We've Been There

We know what's running through your head because we've been there too. Hopefully these answers can help give you the confidence you're looking for.

My team communicates just fine.

Text threads and group chats work for small teams. But they're not scalable, they're not archived, and they're definitely not two-way. Shifty gives every employee a voice and gives you a record, so you're not managing through chaos, you're building culture.

My team doesn't want another app.

They don't want another app that's irrelevant to them. Shifty is where their schedule lives, their training lives, and now their communication lives. It's not another app. It's the one app that covers everything. Adoption is high because it's useful, not because it's required.

Anonymous feedback sounds like a complaint box.

It can be, if that's all you do with it. The operators who get the most out of Shifty's anonymous feedback are the ones who respond to it visibly. When employees see that their input leads to action, the culture shifts. When they don't, they stop using it. You control which one happens.

I don't have time to manage another communication channel.

Shifty isn't a channel you manage. It's a channel your team uses. Announcements take two minutes to write and push instantly. Polls take thirty seconds. The time investment is minimal; the signal you get back is not.

We already do team meetings and pre-shifts.

Pre-shifts are great for what's in the room. Shifty captures what's not in the room: the thoughts employees have after the shift, the concerns they won't raise in front of peers, the feedback that never makes it to a pre-shift. Both matter.
Ready to see Shifty in action?

Let the data work for you.

A 30-minute call with a real product person, not a closer. We'll walk through your current setup, show you how Shifty fits your locations, and answer questions about rollout, adoption, and results. Setup typically takes days, not months.

No pushy sales pitch
Setup guidance included
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