Overview

With Robin, booking a desk at the office is easy, with access to real-time schedules and availability. You can book a desk when planning your hybrid workweek on the Schedule page, or you can jump to the Office page for more advanced booking features (i.e., booking a desk with a monitor).   

Booking a desk from the Schedule page

1. Click Book a desk on the Schedule page under the Workweek tab.

Robin might ask you to select the office location you want to join if you haven't set your office building preference yet. 

2. Use the interactive map to find a desk to book. Adjust the reservation time using the time pickers at the top of the map.

• The start/end times respect your office's work hours.

• If your office supports hotel desks, then can select more than one day at a time in the weekly calendar modal.

3. Click on a desk for more information.

4. Click Book. 

How to book a desk from the Office page

1. Navigate to the Office tab, select a desk on the map to book "right now," or click Book a desk for additional search criteria. 

2. You can set your search criteria using the drop-down fields at the top, including any amenities (e.g., a monitor) you may need at your desk. A few things to note:

-  The start/end times respect your office's work hours. Assigned seats automatically default to office hours & can't be adjusted. 

If your office supports hotel desks, you can select more than one day at a time in the calendar modal. 

3. Click on a desk for more details & click Reserve.

4. Enter name (or email if you're booking a desk for someone and they're not a Robin member yet). 

5. If you checked the email notification box, then you or the person you reserved/assigned the desk for will receive an email confirmation that will look something like this: 

Desk policies your office may implement to keep on the radar:

• If your office uses the health checkpoint survey, then the survey will automatically open if you made a reservation that starts within the active survey window. (captured below)

• If your office requires desk check-ins and you book a desk within the confirmation window, your reservation will automatically be confirmed.

Viewing & modifying reservations 

You can view and modify your own reservations from your workweek schedule, the office map, or your user profile. Note that delegation permission does not support desk reservation edits at this time. 

From the Workweek schedule

Select a day of the week, and you'll see your reservation details in the right sidebar, including the option to edit or cancel the reservation.

From the office map 

Use the module on the left or look for a "Your desk" marker on the map to find your desk > click on the desk to open the reservation module > Edit Reservation. Then, you'll see the option to edit, cancel, or end your reservation.

For multiple-day reservations, use the calendar module to deselect/select new dates to modify your reservation.

 

From the user profile

Or follow the View upcoming desks link to be redirected to your user profile for a full list of your reservations & assignments and the option to make changes. 

 

Office search tips to keep in mind:

• Desk status colors:

  • Green = Available 

  • Dark grey = Occupied; click to see who is occupying it. 

  • Grey Slash (/) = An administrator made the desk unavailable for use.

• User permissions: You can see all spaces/desks from the map, but only the resources you have permission to book (and are available) will show as “green” and available to reserve.

• Office access: We'll call out the days you do and don't have permission to use the office. You'll notice the "book desk" button is not emphasized and the desks appear faded on days you don't have access. 

• Office capacity: We call out the total number of desks available to book and when the office is at capacity and no longer accepting desk reservations for that day.  Note, this does not include assigned desks. 

• Office hours: Robin warns and may block you, depending on how your office is set up, if you're trying to reserve a desk or room outside of the set office hours. 

• Assigned desks: Assigned seats automatically default to the office building hours, which are set by your Robin admin. Meaning you can't adjust the "reservation" time, like flex desk reservations. For example, if your office building hours are 8 am-5 pm then your assigned seat starts at 8 am and ends at 5 pm.