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How to Schedule Employees Effectively in 9 Steps

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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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Rotating Schedules and Shifts: The Ultimate Guide + Examples

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Restaurant schedules shuffle all the time. While some managers dread the thought of a seasonal, monthly, or weekly schedule adjustment, others rely on it. This practice of planned changes to employee schedules is known as rotating scheduling – and about 5% of hospitality employees work this way. Table of Contents.

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Make On-Call Scheduling for Restaurants Better for Your Team

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In many restaurants, on-call scheduling is inescapable. However, when mismanaged, on-call scheduling can frustrate staff, throw off their work-life balance, and impact financial security. On-call scheduling needs to be handled in a way that respects employees' time but never leaves the restaurant short-staffed. Best Practices.

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Risks Lurk Behind the Door Marked ‘Employees Only’

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Next, posting a paper-based schedule in one communal spot (like a breakroom) forces employees to come into the workplace to see when they’re going to work. They might even have to come back when the schedule changes or when they need to request time off. Such a practice can cause a significant amount of risky contact.

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7 Kitchen Management Tips to Guarantee Back of House Serenity

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Yes, the back of house (BOH) is where food is prepped, cooked, and plated, but it’s also where chaos can quickly ensue if roles, responsibilities, and tasks aren’t communicated well. While part of this is informed by sensationalized depictions in pop culture, (Chef Gordon Ramsay, anyone?)

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AI in the Restaurant Industry: Unlocking Opportunities to Reduce Costs and Increase Efficiency

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While there are a host of compelling use cases for AI in the restaurant industry, many restaurant operators today are leveraging AI to transform back-of-house operations. Enhance Staffing and Scheduling Staff scheduling is one of the most challenging tasks for restaurant operators.

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To Mitigate ‘The Great Resignation’ Refocus on the Employee Experience

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This “magic formula” requires a rich and nimble back-of-house software platform that not only automates and simplifies core tasks including vendor ordering and receiving, sales forecasting, labor scheduling, daily prep, and other mundane and time-consuming work, but also simplifies the sharing of information across the business.