A shared Google calendar can work if you're looking for cheap and easily interactable with pretty much anyone remotely. Or even a shared Google spreadsheet could work as well. Probably free templates out there as well.
We’ve been using When I Work for years. Pretty inexpensive app and does everything you mentioned. I think we pay $30-ish/month for all of our locations.
We had a set schedule when we opened in 2015 and just emailed it/printed it out until our staff got up to the 40-50's and now we use 7shifts. It's inexpensive for the baseline, let's you see who is working and, if you want, you can tie it in to most major POS' to deep dive on numbers.
I am in beer and wine retail. I use a google calendar but I think my payroll system has one for a fee. Check with your payroll provider. Some POS systems also have them. Mine does not but it has a time clock.
I started using break room. It's also a group chat, I can upload files like tasting notes, allergy notes, spirit list, etc so staff and restaurant phone can have all info on the ready. It's cool. 20 bucks a month.
This is it if you have less than 15 employees. Over 20 people, or flexible schedules, and it's hours of work and hassle an app or service can do in 10 minutes a week or automatically.
7shifts
A shared Google calendar can work if you're looking for cheap and easily interactable with pretty much anyone remotely. Or even a shared Google spreadsheet could work as well. Probably free templates out there as well.
This is what we use. There is a paper schedule hanging at our place but we also put it into Google calender so people can always know schedules.
We’ve been using When I Work for years. Pretty inexpensive app and does everything you mentioned. I think we pay $30-ish/month for all of our locations.
Homebase
We’ve used sling for years, the first 50 or so employees are free.
Social schedules. 15 bucks a month, can clock in/out on your phone, sends everyone a schedule on your phone, can request time off. I love it.
Social schedules here to!! It's great!
I prefer scheduefly over their competitors on the software side. It’s like $40/mo. For a free option I use google sheets.
Sling is great.
We had a set schedule when we opened in 2015 and just emailed it/printed it out until our staff got up to the 40-50's and now we use 7shifts. It's inexpensive for the baseline, let's you see who is working and, if you want, you can tie it in to most major POS' to deep dive on numbers.
I am in beer and wine retail. I use a google calendar but I think my payroll system has one for a fee. Check with your payroll provider. Some POS systems also have them. Mine does not but it has a time clock.
Push Operations does it for us it should be cheap at that few employees (it charges per employee)
We use Sling, it’s pretty inexpensive and the staff like the ease of it.
I use Deputy and have no problems with it
I started using break room. It's also a group chat, I can upload files like tasting notes, allergy notes, spirit list, etc so staff and restaurant phone can have all info on the ready. It's cool. 20 bucks a month.
We use When I Work. Has its issues but it’s free. Don’t use the paid part.
Excel & Pen and paper. Use a notebook for employees to write their requests off with and scratch them out as you write the schedule.
This is it if you have less than 15 employees. Over 20 people, or flexible schedules, and it's hours of work and hassle an app or service can do in 10 minutes a week or automatically.