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title: "Availability & Time-Off Requests: How Scheduling Works and Affects Your Schedule"
description: Your availability drives scheduling. If you're listed as available, you may be contacted for shifts. Update it or submit time-off if needed.
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# Availability & Time-Off Requests: How Scheduling Works and Affects Your Schedule

To ensure smooth scheduling, it’s important that your availability is accurate and up to date.

### How Scheduling Works

- The weekly schedule is completed on Fridays
- Due to the nature of culinary staffing, additional shifts may be added last minute
- If you are marked as available, you may be contacted or added for shifts— if you are not currently scheduled

### Availability

- Your availability is set upon hire based on what you provide
- You can update your availability at any time in the app under the menu
- Select your days, enter your hours, or mark “Day Off” if unavailable

**Important:**

- If “Day Off” is checked, that day will show as unavailable
- Availability should reflect your consistent schedule and should not be updated week-to-week

### Time-Off Requests

- If you know you are not available, you must submit a time-off request
- This applies even if you are not yet scheduled
- If plans change after the schedule is posted and you are still listed as available, you should submit a time-off request

### Important

- If you are already scheduled and confirmed for a shift, do not submit a time-off request
- This would be considered a call-out, and standard policies apply

Keeping your availability accurate helps us match you with the right shifts and avoid scheduling conflicts.

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