The Importance Of Employee Scheduling Software

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For many small business owners, scheduling their employees is a complex, time-consuming task. Some businesses have a simple 8-5 schedule where everyone works the same hours, every day-- this makes scheduling easy. Many other businesses, however, have various full and part-time employees and business hours that are different each day of the week-- sometimes spanning past midnight(such as a restaurant or bar) and some open 24 hours.

Some business managers choose to use Excel spreadsheets or paper schedules to schedule their employees. This is time consuming, prone to error, and hard to update when employees need to swap shifts, employees are terminated, etc.

Employee scheduling software solves this problem, providing tools to assist in scheduling employees, even with complex working hours. A good software package will help you spend less time scheduling your employees, and more time managing other aspects of your business.

Not all employee scheduling software packages are created equal. Some many not let you schedule shifts for hours past midnight very ...
... well, or at all. Others may not handle multiple locations, split shifts for employees, etc. Others may not provide the reporting you need to print your schedules, employee lists, and more. Some packages may be prohibitively expensive, sometimes masking this expense as a 'monthly charge'-- while the monthly charge may seem low at first, these companies are free to raise the price, which often increases with the # of employees. A hosted service is also only as reliable as the company that hosts it-- if that company goes under(very common in the current economy), all the time you've put into creating your saved schedules, inputting your employee data, etc., is gone.

It's also important to determine how well the provider of the software can support you when you have questions. Some software developers are in foreign countries, which may cause communication difficulties due to foreign languages, foreign accents, and time zone differences.

Employee Scheduling Pro, is a software package designed to help you schedule your employees. It has full support for multiple locations, hours that span past midnight, split shifts, reporting, and more. It is available for a one-time fee(no recurring monthly charge), and the developer is based in the USA, with support being provided by professionals who speak English as their first language. The developer is also more than happy to add features based on customer requests.