EMPLOYEE SCHEDULING / SMALL BUSINESS
Employee scheduling that fits the way a small business actually works.
Small operators do not need a workforce suite to answer next week’s question: who can work, where are the gaps, and which rota is current? Shift Helper is designed to keep that workflow focused.
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A useful schedule starts before anyone is assigned. Collect availability, separate hard constraints from preferences, check coverage and give the team one published answer.
Gather available, unavailable and preferred times in a format everyone can understand.
See gaps and overlaps before they turn into last-minute calls.
Keep changes visible and make the current rota easy to return to.
A smaller alternative to spreadsheet sprawl
A shared spreadsheet can be a good starting point. It becomes difficult when requests arrive in messages, someone edits a copy and the owner has to count coverage manually. Shift Helper focuses on the handoff between team input and the published schedule.
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Start with the next rota
- Write down the coverage each period needs.
- Collect employee availability and requested days.
- Review gaps, clashes and exceptions as the owner.
- Publish the rota and keep later changes in the same place.
Try the free shift coverage calculator before publishing a busy period.
For cafés, shops, studios and service teams
Shift Helper is being shaped for small teams whose schedules depend on real people, local calendars and changing availability. It is designed for Mac, iPhone and iPad with an English and Japanese product direction.
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