Request to trade a shift with anyone

Prerequisites
  • Workforce Management > Agent Shift Trade Request > Participate permission

You can post a shift trade request that other agents can view and accept. If the system finds a matching trade, you can accept the trade immediately.

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Trade a shift with anyone

Request to trade a shift with anyone

Note: You must be in Week view to trade shifts.

To post a shift trade, perform the following steps:

  1. Access your schedule:
    1. To access your schedule from the agent activity view, click Activity > Schedule tab.
    2. To access your schedule from the agent dashboard:
      1. Click Performance > Workspace > My Performance
      2. Click the Schedule tab. 
  2. If you open your schedule from the Activity > Schedule tab, then to see the most current data, click Refresh . This view does not update automatically. 
  3. Click Shift Trades Workforce management agent shift trade. The My Trades panel opens.
  4. Select the week that contains the shift you want to trade.
  5. Click New Trade.
  6. Do one of the following:
    • Click Trade above the shift in your schedule view.
    • Click Open next to the shift you want to trade.
  7. Under Trade With, select Anyone. This is the default option.
  8. Under Willing to accept, select the days you want to work instead.
  9. To specify the start and end times for an acceptable trade, do the following:
    1. Check the Limit time range box.
    2. To adjust the shift start and end times for an acceptable trade, use the up and down arrows under Shift Start and Shift End.
      Note: If existing trades match, they appear under Matching Trades
  10. To set a time limit for how long the trade is available, under Expiration date set the date and time.
  11. Click Submit. The My Trades panel changes to display offered, pending, and completed trades.

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