# How to offer a shift for swap

**For:** Shift worker
**You'll need:** A published shift assigned to you, far enough in the future that your company's swap rules still allow it. Swaps must be turned on for your company.

Can't work a shift you've been given? Offer it on the swap marketplace. Other eligible colleagues see it and can pick it up — either as a straight hand-off or as a trade for one of their own shifts.

## Choose the swap type

Your company decides which types are allowed:

- **Give away** — someone else takes your shift and you get nothing back. Use this when you just need cover.
- **1:1 swap** — a colleague takes your shift and you take one of theirs in return.

## Offer the shift

1. Open the shift from your schedule or shifts list.
2. Click **'Offer for swap'**.
3. Pick the **type** (give-away or 1:1 swap), if both are available.
4. (Optional) Add a **note** for colleagues — why you need cover, or what you're after in a trade.
5. Click **'Offer for swap'** to publish.

```{note}
If you don't see the **'Offer for swap'** button, the shift may be too close to its start time, already locked, or swaps may be off for your company. See {doc}`/troubleshooting/index`.
```

## What happens

- The offer goes live on the marketplace with status **'Open'**.
- Every colleague who is qualified to work the shift (right position, right location, and — if your company requires it — the right skills) gets an email that the shift is available.
- The offer stays open until someone is approved, you withdraw it, or it reaches its auto-reject deadline shortly before the shift starts.

## Verify it worked

The shift now shows an open-offer badge, and the offer appears under the **'My offers'** tab of the {doc}`swap marketplace <browse-the-swap-marketplace>`.

## Related

- {doc}`browse-the-swap-marketplace`
- {doc}`apply-for-a-swap`
- {doc}`withdraw-a-swap-offer-or-application`