Turn more tables with a schedule that holds up.
Free restaurant employee scheduling, plus the communication and time tracking that keep service running. Build the week in minutes and get back to your guests.
Free for your whole team. No credit card required.
Scheduling
Build the week, publish it, move on.
Restaurant scheduling that gets the week built and out to your crew.
- Build front- and back-of-house schedules without the spreadsheet
- Publish changes and notify the crew instantly
- Cut tardiness and no-shows with automatic shift reminders
- Let crew members swap shifts and find cover, and you approve who takes it
Time clock
Every hour tracked, straight through to payroll.
Track your restaurant crew on the clock to the minute, and export approved hours for your payroll provider.
- Turn any phone into your restaurant time clock
- Use location checks to flag any clock-in from off site
- See who shows up late and who no-call no-shows, then fix the schedule
- Export approved hours for payroll and skip the retyping
Communication
Front and back of house, on the same page.
Keep the whole restaurant aware and engaged without another late-night group text.
- Send private and group messages to the entire crew
- Create wiki pages and channels by topic, shift, or role
- Post restaurant-wide updates to a channel from your desktop or your phone
- Say more than "behind" with communication built for front and back of house
Labor costs
Trim labor cost before you publish.
Cut excess labor spend by tracking hours worked and building the most efficient schedule for your crew.
- Get warned about long weeks as you schedule, not after payroll
- Compare labor cost against projected and actual revenue to stay on budget
- Add pay rates to see what each shift and the whole week will cost
- Find your costliest shifts and rebuild them
Task management
Clear assignments, and cut the confusion.
Hand out clear assignments so nobody has to ask what happens next.
- Assign tasks to a specific crew member or to a shift
- Start a task from scratch or from a template
- Give every station a clear list before service
- Get more of the restaurant to-do list actually finished
Spend less time scheduling
More time delighting your guests.
The details that keep a restaurant schedule accurate, compliant, and worth what it costs.
Real rest between shifts
Give the crew enough time to recover with clopening alerts and breaks built into the shift, plus automatic reminders when a break is due. Anything that needs your attention gets flagged.
Credentials on file
Attach licenses, records, and anything else that matters straight to an employee profile. You get an alert before a document expires, so you are never the last to know.
Your most profitable shifts
Build custom reports on your costliest and most cost-effective shifts, compare what each one earns against what it costs in labor, and use that to tighten next week.
The math
What can Shift Amp help you save?
Set the sliders to match your restaurant and see what a faster schedule is worth each month.
- Savings per month
- $1,111
- Savings per year
- $13,333
- Your return with Shift Amp
- 22.2×
These figures are estimates and your actual savings will vary with team size and schedule complexity.
Keep your guests, and your crew, coming back.
Whether you run a corner coffee shop or a regional franchise, Shift Amp hands you back hours of restaurant management every week. Spend them on your guests.
FAQ
Restaurant scheduling, answered.
What is restaurant scheduling software?
Restaurant scheduling software is a set of tools that helps a busy manager organize and direct their team so the guest experience consistently meets the standard they set for quality, service, and cleanliness. Restaurants of every type use it for shift scheduling on even the most complicated schedule, integrated time tracking, labor cost control, overtime control, quick communication, cloud-based distribution, clock-in and clock-out control, multi-location administration, geofencing, and task management. Shift Amp puts all of that in one place.
How do I build an effective restaurant schedule?
Drop the habit of starting with Monday open and assigning names straight through to the end of the week. Instead, schedule an anchor crew member or two first, usually your strongest or most skilled, into every shift across the week, then fill the open spots around them. That puts the crew best suited to the lunch or dinner rush on the floor when you need them most. Set eligibility requirements on the first spot or two of each shift so you never accidentally schedule someone without the right skills, qualifications, or experience.
Can restaurant scheduling software help control labor costs?
Yes. Shift Amp tells you when the crew you have scheduled pushes a shift toward or past a spending threshold. Set a labor budget that works for each shift and watch the real-time cost update as you build. That takes the trial and error out of finding the right crew mix and puts you in a much better position to land at or under budget every week.
Can I track restaurant employee hours with a time clock app?
Yes. One of the best ways to track hours is an app that turns any phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop into a time-tracking station. Once your crew members have access, they start and stop their time on whatever device is with them. You can monitor hours as they happen, pull them into reports, and export approved hours for your payroll provider.
What is the best way to manage several restaurant locations?
Running several locations gets complicated fast, so Shift Amp keeps everyone organized and on task no matter where they work. Control labor cost on every shift you schedule, assign tasks and follow progress, filter schedules down to what you need, message one person or a specific group or everyone regardless of location, and build reports by location or region. You can also turn on location checks for each restaurant, so any clock-in from outside it is flagged for you to review.
Why choose Shift Amp for restaurant scheduling?
Whether you manage a team of ten in one dining room or a hundred plus across several locations, Shift Amp keeps it running. You get faster schedule building, organized shift trade requests, open shifts your crew can sign up for, time-off management, availability tracking, employee hours on both fixed and mobile devices, fewer absences, fewer late arrivals, and tighter labor costs. Scheduling stays free for your whole team, and Pro adds the time clock, timesheets and reports for $2 per billable member a month.
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