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Improving Restaurant Employee Accountability

Modern Restaurant Management

Owners and managers can struggle with keeping their teams accountable and up the standards they expect. The scoreboard should lay out exactly what their daily responsibilities are alongside a clear performance evaluation schedule. The employee onboarding schedule should have crystal clear milestones for training and performance.

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How to Schedule Employees Effectively in 9 Steps

7 Shifts

A restaurant’s schedule is its framework for success. Effective employee scheduling means finding the right mix of shifts and shift types for your business. Table of Contents: What makes a great employee schedule? A great employee schedule doesn’t just happen. A strong schedule should check each of these boxes.

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Restaurant Accounting: A Comprehensive Guide

7 Shifts

Restaurant accounting isn’t easy. Learning basic accounting is like studying a different language, regardless of how many decades you have in the restaurant industry. Learning basic accounting is like studying a different language, regardless of how many decades you have in the restaurant industry. Sounds complicated?

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Five Signs You Need to Switch from Excel to Scheduling Software

7 Shifts

On the surface, the natural organization of an Excel or Google Sheets spreadsheet makes sense for creating shift schedules. But once you put that schedule out into the world, it tends to break down. Your once perfectly organized Excel schedule is unrecognizable from when you first made it—and you have to do it all over again next week.

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The 11 Employee Scheduling Best Practices + Tips for Restaurants

7 Shifts

Employee scheduling for your restaurant can be the most stressful part of your job. After tracking sales, calculating inventory, and just trying to keep your head above water, restaurant scheduling can take up a chunk out of your week. Plus, that schedule almost rarely ends up going as planned. Schedule Based on Data.

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10 Common Employee Scheduling Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)

7 Shifts

Employee shift scheduling for your restaurant can be much more complex than it seems. From managing overtime hours, to employee time off and availability, to making the right calls when it comes to who and when, scheduling takes a lot of time and mental energy. Here are 10 common scheduling errors and how to solve and prevent them.

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[Guide] Conquer Swing Shift Scheduling for Restaurants

7 Shifts

The hospitality industry calls for early mornings and late nights, which means a normal scheduling approach doesn't exactly fit in a restaurant. Schedules and Patterns. What is a swing shift schedule? Swing shift schedules keep a restaurant properly-staffed for its normal business hours, plus or minus setup time for the day.