About Shiftly
We started on the restaurant floor, not in a boardroom
Shiftly is built by people who have written rotas on the back of order pads. We make the tool we wished we had.
Our story
A spreadsheet, a group chat and one very long Sunday
Our founders ran a pair of cafes with twenty part-timers. Every Sunday they rebuilt the rota from scratch, then spent the week answering messages about it.
The first version of Shiftly was a shared schedule that staff could check on their phones. Swaps came next, then the time clock, then reports for payroll. Today the same idea runs restaurants, shops, care homes, hotels and warehouses, and the team still answers support messages themselves.
How we work
Three rules we build by
01
Respect the person on shift
Every feature has to work for the employee as well as the manager. If staff do not open it, it does not ship.
02
Fewer clicks than paper
If writing it on a whiteboard is faster, we have not finished the design yet.
03
Plain answers
Clear pricing, honest timelines and a real person on support chat during working hours.
Team
The people behind the rota
A small team spread across three time zones, all of whom have worked shifts themselves.
Elias Brandt
Co-founder, product
Nadia Brooks
Co-founder, operations
Samuel Osei
Head of engineering
Clara Lind
Customer success lead
Kwame Asante
Mobile engineer
Finn Gallagher
Product designer
Milestones
From two cafes to 1,800 locations
Template timeline. Replace the years and numbers with your own company history.
2019
A shared rota
The first version runs in two cafes and replaces a laminated sheet on the fridge.
2021
Swaps and the time clock
Staff can swap shifts and clock in from their phones. The first retail chain signs up.
2023
Reports and payroll exports
Labor cost forecasts and payroll exports arrive. Care homes and hotels join.
2026
1,800 locations
Shiftly now plans the week for restaurants, shops, clinics, hotels and warehouses.
Free for 14 days
Publish next week's rota before Friday
Bring your staff list and your opening hours. We will help you build the first schedule on a 30 minute call.