Kalendit 4+

In the beginning this app was pretty good they had loads of shifts but then they started to enforce new rules which cause you to lose all your shifts and you have to pay around 50-30£. for being 15 mins late even if it’s your first time, tou have to pay and your account is suspended for 1/12 to 2 weeks no work! Once you are suspended it’s pretty hard to get shifts back! The support team are unresponsive unless they want money from you.

I’m so so appalled. As someone who’s been using the app on and off for 2 years I’ve really seen it fall into decline. All these new rules make it impossible for people to onboard the app even if you’ve worked with them before!

All these extra policies make it incredibly costly to use the app and not worth the effort. It’s lenient towards nurseries who don’t respect your time. They can cancel shifts the day before and that’s fine but if you cancel because you’re ill and don’t want to put the children at risk, Kalendit will suspend your account and expect you to pay a £50 fine to get unblocked.

On top of that, the nurseries are unprofessional. Because you’re only there for a few shifts, they see you as disposable. It’s evident in how most of the permanent staff treat us. This app enables those workplace dynamics and imo it’s a huge scam. The way the app and the nursery staff treat their agency workers is appalling.

First time I’m having to write a review on here, and unfortunately it’s a very negative one!

The people who coordinate the app are very unorganised and unresponsive to your needs. They are impossible to reach. Although they have provided a WhatsApp contact number, at almost every attempt to contact them, my message has been seen and IGNORED. Only time they were bothered to reply or contact me was when it benefited them.
Huge shame as my friend really recommended them… sadly I’ve fell into disappointment.