Recurring Availability Preferences

Preferences let you tell the scheduling system about your regular availability patterns — like "I'm always off on Mondays" or "I prefer to work weekends."

How It Works

Preferences are soft constraints. The AI scheduling system and your manager will try to honor them, but if the store needs coverage, a shift might override a preference. They're different from hard blocks (see Block Time).

Setting a Preference

1. Go to My Schedule on staff.ncmuse.co
2. On mobile, tap the gear icon in the bottom bar. On desktop, find the Preferences card in the sidebar.
3. Tap Add Preference
4. Fill in:
   • Type: Unavailable (can't work) or Available (prefer to work)
   • Day: Which day of the week
   • All Day: Check this for all-day, or uncheck to set specific hours
   • Repeats: Every week or every other week
   • Label (optional): A note like "school", "second job", "childcare"
5. Tap Save

Examples

Preference	What to set
"I have school every Monday"	Type: Unavailable, Day: Monday, All Day, Weekly, Label: "school"
"I prefer weekend shifts"	Type: Available, Day: Saturday, All Day, Weekly
"I can't work Tuesday evenings"	Type: Unavailable, Day: Tuesday, 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Weekly
"I'm free every other Friday"	Type: Available, Day: Friday, All Day, Biweekly

Removing a Preference

Tap the trash icon next to any preference to remove it. It takes effect immediately.

How the AI Uses Preferences

When your manager uses the AI Auto-Fill feature to generate the weekly schedule, the AI sees all team preferences and tries to:

1. Honor "unavailable" preferences — avoid scheduling you on those days
2. Prioritize "available" preferences — prefer scheduling you when you say you're free
3. Balance coverage — if honoring a preference would leave the store understaffed, the AI may schedule someone anyway and flag a warning

INFO

Preferences save you from having to block the same days every single week. Set them once and they apply to every future schedule.