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A better way for workers to stay connected with friends and family!

One Minute Closer, an iPhone and Android mobile app, is a lifestyle management network that is designed to keep workers on any type of shift roster, FIFO, dynamic, or set roster efficiently and effectively connected with their friends, families and work colleagues. No, this is not another Social Media app to clutter your phone but a genuine tool to help you improve the way that you can coordinate your work schedules and rosters around everything else that you’d rather be doing.

Rostered workers now have a vastly improved one-stop platform to input and manage their work/life schedules which is visible to a select and secure community in real time. No more “are you working on the night of my 40th?”, “when do you fly home from work?” or “what shifts are you working next week, I need someone to cover me?”. One Minute Closer gives your community this information anytime they need it.

One Minute Closer provides a variety of functions that helps you and your community interact and help you be proactive to #stayconnected so you #dontmissathing and has been designed to add value to workers in these industries:

Heavy industry / Construction / Infrastructure
Utilities / Power / Telecoms etc
Oil / Gas / Resources
Retail
Hospitality
Emergency Services / Law Enforcement
Entertainment
NFP / Charities
Hospital / Medical
Fitness / Well-Being / Sports Clubs
Training Centres
Aviation / Transport / Travel

So if you want a genuine, simple and secure solution to managing your roster, follow the links on the welcome page to download One Minute Closer or drop us a line for more information.

About Us

Welcome to Version 2.0

V2.0 is a landmark achievement for One Minute Closer. From humble but enthusiastic beginnings under dull room light on-board an accommodation vessel in the Indian Ocean, many challenges have been overcome to get to this point; including plans to shelve the product after continual letdowns and seemingly insurmountable odds.

With a new development team and Project Manager, the decision was made to start over and get One Minute Closer to where we all thought it needed to be, that was to add value to it’s user’s lives. We all believed in the vision, the intent and we set to work on redeveloping the platform from the ground up. The amount of user feedback received and collated was honestly overwhelming which proved to us that our users had faith in the product but just wanted it to work…with some minor changes and additions. The drawing board we went back to was more like pages and pages of notes, functional documentation and wireframe proposals but we always came back to our core goal – a simple app that our people wanted to use that works.

We have also worked extensively on improving the user experience and practicality for users who have Adhoc rosters. Countless Emergency Services, Law Enforcement, Aviation, Retail and Hospitality workers sent feedback about what they loved and what we could do better. This is reflected in V2.0 which now makes One Minute Closer a holistic roster management app; no matter where you work.

So, here it is, OMC V2.0. It has a new look, revised user set up experience, new screen layouts, icons and updated features. It is aimed at all workers who are on roster / shift schedules and to give them more time doing what they would rather be doing with the people they’d rather be doing it with. It’s still an app made by workers for the workers so please keep your feedback coming because we want to make OMC even better!!

Manage & Share Your Roster

Let’s face it, working just gets in the way of enjoying what else you can be doing but for most of us it is a necessary evil. If you are on any type of rostered work, you will know this adds an extra dimension of coordination and effect that just eats into your valuable recreation time.

Make it easier for family, friends and colleagues to organise around your schedule with One Minute Closer’s roster management system. One Minute Closer gives you the ability to seamlessly plan, administer, project and share your roster in real time.

Are you FIFO or have another kind of fixed roster? Awesome, just enter the roster details and One Minute Closer will forecast out for you. Are you on a roster that changes weekly/monthly? Simply enter your roster details for that time period for your community to see in real time.

Maybe you do shift work and have a number of shift types or various start and finish times. Again, no worries. Just build your usual shifts in One Minute Closer and when confirmed simply add them to the days you are rostered.

We all know that the thing with rosters and work is…they change all the time!! One Minute Closer gives you the flexibility to do one off changes, total roster changes, shift changes and add in an additional shift. All in real time and totally transparent to your secure community.

And the best bit? Once it is in there, it is viewable in real time by your friends and family you have chosen in your community….so no more “when are you back” or “are you working….”, they can see and plan around you!

Add Notes to Your Roster

It’s not just work dates and times that are important to you, it’s also what else is on for the day. How do we know this…well, our users have told us. With One Minute Closer you can edit any day of your roster to add/change notes applicable to anything you need to keep track of.

Have notes on your days off so you know you can’t swap shifts for that day. Have them on your days on to remind yourself of special events. Not only can you add notes, but members of your community can also add their own notes!! Remember that your community is made up of people that you want to have visibility of your work schedule so why not let them be proactive in helping you plan around other events in your life.

Your Profile Page

Are family and friends, even colleagues always asking where you work, what you do and how long until you’re home? One Minute Closer answers all these questions in one easy reference point. In one location, you can remind people of where you are and what you do, in your own words and language that will make sense!

Also, for those of you who are FIFO or similar, One Minute Closer’s live countdown timer lets them know how long until you’re back home enjoying some well-deserved R&R. If you are a shift worker, your community will know what shift you are currently on, all from the palm of their hand.

Along with the visible calendar functionality, this gives those that matter in your life more information to make planning around your schedule simpler and more effective. This ultimately results in helping you stay connected to those that you leave behind, allowing you to enjoy your time off that little bit more.

days

until your loved one is home!

“Every minute away
is one minute closer to your loved ones.”

Your Community

Your community is just that – YOUR COMMUNITY. One Minute Closer has never been about building up your “friends” to quadruple figures…no, it is not another social media app to fill your day. It is about selecting or allowing only those people into your community who you want to have a stake holding in your non work time. Maybe it’s friends and family so they can see when you are free, or you can see when they are free. Or maybe work colleagues so you can swap / align shifts. Your community is yours to create and manage securely and safely so you know who has access to and can view your life calendar. You can find existing One Minute Closer users or send non-users an invite that will link directly to the app. You can also block and unlink any member at any time…yes we’ve all had those break-ups.

Connect with Group Chats

The first of its kind in the Roster Management app space, One Minute Closer lets you and your community message directly within the app.

One Minute Closer is a one-stop platform with everything you need to manage your conversations from one-on-one messaging to group chats with multiple participants. With group chats you can organise your time away from work, or work itself, all at once, from anywhere in the world. Even coordinating plans with fellow roster workers is easy with One Minute Closer as the roster and message chat is within the same application!

The Family & Friend Account

We know not everyone works or needs help managing their rosters but we do know that that these lucky people have friends and family that do and this is where One Minute Closer’s Family/Friend user account comes in. This account means non-rostered workers can be part of a worker’s community and will be able to access rosters to see when they are working and when they have days off, leave notes on their roster, send private messages to their inbox and view their countdowns!

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Collaborative Partners

Sonia, Nurse
“My husband hates that he needs to be at home and check my roster calendar on the fridge. Your app is great for us as he travels for work and we often go a week away from each other. Being able to plan when contact is limited is fantastic. Thank you.”
Gordon, Pilot
“G’day. I fly choppers and we, the other pilots and I, haven’t found a simple way to coordinate shift swaps and coverage. Your app is great for this and I’d love to make some suggestions that would help us if you are updating it.”
Sharyn, FIFO Ex Wife & Shift Worker Wife
“My ex is a FIFO worker and my Husband is a shift worker. I love your app as I know when they will both be free or at work and saves me a lot of communication and time. And thank you as well for your Facebook page. I am always sending my husband your blogs and posts which keeps us both entertained.”
Shane, FIFO Worker
“Found your app through Facebook and we love it! My wife, oldest boy and my parents all use it and are constantly cramming my R&R. Even my shift changes are there which is great and exactly what I have been looking for. Looking forward to new updates and keep up the great work.”
Mel, Paramedic
“As a paramedic, I’ve always found it difficult to hang out with my friends. Since using the OMC app, I have found keeping track of not only my shifts but the shifts of my friends easier, making out-of-work get togethers a breeze to organise and more frequent.”
Rita, Barista
“Hello One Minute Closer,
Me and my flat mate use your app all time to to catch up around work. We are both in hospitality and our friends are starting to use it as well. The addition of calendar notes you are planning will make it great! It’s a very handy, simple app. We love it.”