Announcements
Broadcast to a location, a department or everyone, with a read count you can act on.
✦ Team communication
Get the message off WhatsApp and onto the record.
Chat, channels and announcements attached to the same rota and the same people records — with read receipts on the things that matter.
Messages
One place for "who’s covering Saturday?"
Direct messages, team channels and group chats inside TaskBit, next to the rota they are about. When a manager publishes an announcement, they can see who has actually read it — which a personal group chat can never tell them.
- One-to-one, team channel and group conversations
- Announcements targeted by location, department or role
- Read receipts on announcements
- Push notifications to the staff app
- Leavers lose access on deactivation — unlike a personal group chat
📣 Announcement · Bank holiday coverSent to 47 people · 41 read
PinnedMK
Maya Kaur · Manager
Rota for week 33 is published. Two open shifts on Saturday — first to claim gets them.
JS
Jamie Stone
I'll take the Saturday evening one 👍
AO
Amina Okafor
Claimed the early one — see you both there.
Capabilities
Notifications that reach people.
Push
Shift published, shift changed, open shift available, leave decided, timesheet reminder.
Quiet hours
Per-user notification preferences, so a 6am rota publish does not wake the night team.
Celebrations
Birthdays and work anniversaries surfaced to the team, quietly and automatically.
Pinned & priority
Keep the safety notice at the top instead of losing it up the scroll.
Off personal phones’ terms
Work conversation stays in a work system your organisation controls and can export.
Why it matters
A group chat is not a record.
When shift changes, safety notices and holiday approvals live in a personal messaging app, the organisation has no record, no control over who is in the group, and no way to prove a notice was sent. Moving them costs nothing and settles a dispute later.
- Access follows employment — a leaver is removed automatically
- Announcements have provable delivery and read counts
- Conversation is exportable and auditable
- Managers reach the right location without a new group each time
Maya KaurOperations Manager · Shoreditch
ManagerAmina OkaforTeam lead · Camden · 4 direct reports
Team leadJamie StoneFront of house · Shoreditch
Clocked inLeo ParkKitchen · Shoreditch
Doc expiring🎂 Two celebrations this weekPriya's birthday · Jamie's 3-year anniversary
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Questions
What people ask about this.
Will staff really switch from WhatsApp?
They switch for the things only TaskBit can do — seeing their shifts, claiming open ones, checking pay. Once the app is open daily, operational messaging follows. We would not claim it replaces every social thread, and it does not need to.
Can we target one site only?
Yes — announcements can be scoped to a location, a department or a role rather than blasted to everyone.
Do notifications work on both phone platforms?
Push is delivered to the iOS and Android staff app, with per-user preferences and quiet hours.
Is chat included on the free plan?
Yes. Chat and announcements are available from Lite upwards.
Put the operational chat where the rota is.
Included on every plan, including the free one.
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