# Offered shifts

![Offered shifts](/files/help/shot-open-shifts.png)

An employee offers a published shift to a coworker from **Requests**. **Offered shifts need a manager** is a switch on Scheduling. When it is on, an offered shift stays waiting until a scheduler approves it. Publishing a schedule does not create pay.

1. Open **Requests**, then **Swap or offer**.
2. Choose **Your shift**.
3. Choose **Offer to**, then **Offer**.

The page says: Give a published shift to a coworker, or trade it for one of theirs. Only people and shifts that fit both schedules are listed. **Swap for** and **Swap** are on the same page when you are trading shifts instead of offering one.

To require a manager:

1. Open **Settings**, then **Scheduling**.
2. In **Schedule rules**, turn on **Offered shifts need a manager**. The helper says this is separate from swaps, and that an offered shift stays waiting until a scheduler approves it.
3. Choose **Save rules**.

## What you should see

**Offer** confirms with Request sent. The row under Status says Offer, the shift, both people, and Waiting on coworker.

The coworker sets that status to **Approved** or **Declined**. The confirmation says Updated. The person who sent it can set **Cancelled** while it is waiting.

When the switch is on, a coworker’s approval moves the offer to Waiting on manager. A scheduler opens **Open Shifts**, then **Change requests**, and sets it to **Approved** or **Declined**. The empty state there says swaps and offers land here once the coworker accepts.

**Save rules** confirms with Scheduling settings saved.

## If something looks wrong

With no published shifts, the page says No shift changes yet: After a scheduler publishes your shifts, you can offer one to a coworker or swap. If you have history but nothing upcoming, it says No published shifts: Once a scheduler publishes your week, you can offer a shift or swap with a coworker.

**Offer** stays unavailable until **Offer to** is set. An empty coworker list says No one else is in your department yet, or No coworkers are free for this shift. A failed send says Could not send the request.

**Swaps need a manager** is the other switch. It covers swaps. **Offered shifts need a manager** covers offers.