ScheduleFly – helpful?
A lot of college students work in the food industry I’ve just discovered a service called ScheduleFly that uses employee scheduling. It allows for the restaurant manager to do online scheduling so employees actually know what shifts they’re going to work in a decent amount of time. The manager posts employee schedules online and an email is sent letting you know when you work. Theoretically, this sounds like a good service.
An automated employee scheduling website that would make your life easier…unfortunately, I don’t know how well this would be implemented. Your restaurant would have to actually sign up for the service, which isn’t free. There is a 30 day free trial for restaurants, so you could try talking your manage into it. I like the idea, but unless it’s a widely-used service, it’s not a very helpful.
Online schedulers are the latest craze and have been growing quickly. we use hotschedules and it ROCKS! Check them out, they have been around for a while i hear.
I would recommend you add ShiftPlanning.com to your list of online scheduling software services to try out. It’s very well supported, and 100% free.
Speaking of college students.. I know this post is super old, but I just happened to come across it. I use one with my school’s intramurals called subitup.. Its really easy too and I think it works well for students… http://www.subitup.com
I would recommend CmClock.com , by far the best tool I have used for my restaurants.
This is now becoming the norm for employees. Suggest you check at least one of them out. http://www.shiftzen.com is the new restaurant scheduling software on the block. Long trial, low cost, full support.