Simplifying labor management, one shift at a time
Workforce Management Scheduling Software
Create labor-optimal schedules for your restaurant team
Make scheduling a breeze
Ditch the spreadsheets and make scheduling your restaurant simple with our drag-and-drop tool that factors in overtime, availability, and regional labor laws. With schedules built, and employees instantly notified, you’ll have peace of mind that your restaurant is set for whatever comes.
Hit your labor targets every time
Get an instant calculation of your labor spending as you schedule shifts for the week—automatically saving your restaurant thousands per month through more efficient scheduling. When you integrate your POS, you’ll receive a real-time look at your sale and labor data.
Time & Attendance
Simplify your time & attendance tracking
Trust your punches
Keep your employee punch data secure, reliable, and trackable with our easy-to-use punch pad app. Simplify your payroll processes with editable punches, complete labor reports, and customized exports for leading payroll providers.
Reduce compliance risks
Eliminate surprises and stay ahead of compliance risks with real-time OT notifications, break reminders, and punch audit reporting. Enforce schedules and breaks without any extra work to minimize unbudgeted overtime.
Availability & Time Off
Take leave management off your plate
Ditch the sticky note reminders
Empower your employees to submit time-off and availability requests from anywhere through their free mobile app. Schedules are instantly updated and staff are notified once managers approve or deny the requests—and you can rest easy knowing the schedule is taken care of.
Fill shifts on the fly
Ensure every shift is covered by letting staff drop or pick up shifts from the Shift Pool—once a shift trade is approved, the schedule is automatically updated and affected staff are notified of the changes.
Team Communication
Keep everyone connected—safely and securely
Ensure your team gets the message
Let your team know about business changes, new menu items, special promos, or anything else going on in the restaurant with one-way Announcements. Keep an eye on read receipts to make sure everyone knows what’s up—and to remind those who haven’t yet read it!
Stay in touch with your team
Chat with your team through personal or group direct messages, and keep it fun with GIFs, emojis, and photos. Keep your work life and personal life separate with one centralized place for restaurant communication.
Help managers stay connected
Keep your management team in-sync and on top of daily operations with the Manager Log Book. With customizable categories, your managers can stay ahead of maintenance issues, customer complaints, and more—whatever your restaurant needs to stay efficient and successful.
Reporting & Analytics
Get the data your
restaurant needs
Easily create & export reports
Get the data your way by generating instance reports on schedule hours & wages, punch audits, attendance, time-off, variances, and more. Plus, keep track of team health and safety by viewing the Employee Health Check report from all employee punches.
Identify areas of opportunity or improvement in your restaurant by easily exporting, archiving, or analyzing real-time reports on your sales and labor.
Keep your team safe
Protect your staff and guests with automatic health screenings before every shift—and view the full report on failed Employee Health Checks to see which staff may be at risk of COVID-19.
Trusted by 500,000+ restaurant pros around the world
The world's best restaurants use 7shifts to save time and reduce costs
"Using 7shifts for BOH management makes for smooth sailing. It gives me the ability to keep track of every staff members availability and time off requests. What can otherwise become a messy pile of scribbles on various pieces of paper is now right in front of me when it comes time to put my weekly schedule together. Running a kitchen and keeping track of your staff can keep one busy enough, aids like 7shifts make the exterior duties much easier to handle."
David Smith, Sous chef
The best workforce management scheduling software for your restaurant
The robust 7shifts platform has everything your restaurant needs to manage your workforce and labor, including: schedule creation and management, payroll management, communication tools, leave management, performance reporting, employee engagement tools, and more. These tools are built specifically for restaurants to lower labor cost and improve workplace culture and engagement.
Labor compliance features are built directly into the system to keep your restaurant compliant, your employees happy, and give you peace of mind. Overtime alerts, custom breaks, and schedule publication notifications will keep you free of legal fees, no matter your regional labor regulations.
With 7shifts’ mobile workforce scheduling software app, you’ll always know which employees are available to work, and your staff’s availability and time-off will always be up-to-date. This also gives your employees peace of mind, as they know their availability restrictions will always be respected, as they’re factored directly into the schedule.
The platform is chalk-full of the communication, schedule management, performance tracking, and multi-unit support modern restaurants need, and makes 7shifts the best mobile workforce management software available on the market today.
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