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HotSchedules

Overview

Simple restaurant employee scheduling and communication software designed for independent restaurants.

HotSchedules reduces restauranteurs, hoteliers, and retail operator’s time to create, communicate, and manage hourly employee work schedules.

Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

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Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

view more detailsview details

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

Per month

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

Starting from

No pricing info

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

User reviews

4.9

140

121

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

94%

would recommend this app

4.4

471

265

152

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

75%

would recommend this app

Pros

“I have worked with this platform for years and they are crucial to my success across multiple locations with myriad staff members who come and go, and changing shift needs.”

Ari F.

Owner and Operator

“Even when they start their permanent requests offs a month later, it will automatically start the request off right away therefore, employees have to manually enter their request offs for every day and time their are in class for each week of the semester.”

Helene T.

owner

“For example we have shifts that start at 8pm on a Friday and finish at 4am on the Saturday. ”

Joanne M.

Desk Services Manager

Pros

“I can quickly identify shift inaccuracies and ensure that they are fixed prior to payrolls being locked.”

Elizabeth M.

Payroll Assistant

“Hot schedules will adjust your labor as you schedule people, so if employee a is close to overtime and you schedule them you will know instantly if they hit it and by how much time.”

Mallory T.

Executive chef

“High schedule works across multiple companies, so those multiple companies tie in together when it comes to the website so it makes things super efficient”

Nathaniel W.

Chef

Cons

“I'd much rather use them than integrate every little thing with our POS company.”

Cindy H.

Owner

“Lack of ability to integrate sales forecasts with labor scheduling.”

Neesh P.

Owner

“The design of the platform is a little dated looking but that doesn't really matter.”

Michelle L.

Operations

Cons

“The inventory feature of HotSchedules can be finicky on devices outside of a computer, meaning you have a hard time entering data unless you record it and take it back to a computer.”

Leahya W.

Assistant Manager

“The integration with Point of Sales system is tricky and time consuming. ”