For bartenders

You finish when the bar finishes, not when the schedule says

Bar work runs on the wrong side of everyone else's clock. Your Friday night is work, your Tuesday afternoon is free, and the finish time depends on how the night goes. The people who want to see you are mostly awake when you are not.

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The schedules this actually has to cope with

Freeish is built around these, not around a nine-to-five with the occasional exception.

Nights and late finishes

On at six or eight, out well after close once the bar is cleared.

Weekend-heavy

Friday and Saturday are the job, which is exactly when everyone else is free.

The day after

A 3am finish makes the next morning part of the shift whether or not anyone calls it that.

Events and private hires

One-off nights that land outside the usual pattern with little warning.

What it sounds like at home

“My weekend is Monday and Tuesday and nobody else's is.”
“I get home at three and people message me at nine.”
“Family events are always on the nights I work.”
“The finish time is a guess so I cannot promise anything after.”
“Explaining that Friday is a work night, again.”

Where Freeish fits

Late shifts and the recovery after them are both visible, so mornings after are not assumed free.

Your actual days off — often midweek — are obvious to everyone rather than needing explanation.

One-off event nights go in as they come up and reach everyone without a message.

Family can see your week and plan a lunch instead of another dinner you cannot make.

One week, start to finish

Aoife, cocktail bar

Aoife imports the week from a photo of the rota.
Her sister sees that Monday and Tuesday are the days off, not the weekend.
They start doing a regular Tuesday lunch instead of failing to arrange dinners.
A private hire on a Wednesday goes in as soon as it is confirmed.
Her housemates see the late finishes and stop messaging before noon.

Questions bartenders ask

Can I show that I am asleep rather than free?

Add it as an event. A calendar that only knows working and not-working gets this wrong, which is why people put recovery in.

Does anyone see where I work?

Only if you type it and mark it public. Times are what the people following you need.

What about one-off event nights?

Add them as they come up. Everyone following sees them straight away.

Stop being the schedule. Start sharing it.

Now on iPhone — Android coming soon. Free to start. Import a photo of your next schedule and see who stops asking.