4 Recommendations When Buying a Shift Planner
Manually assigning shifts to employees is a headache and big time waster. However before you purchase a employee scheduler there are few things to you should consider.
You should check your software is web based. Some of the older software will only run on the one computer. If you purchase a web based employee scheduler then the employees who be able to login to the system from any internet connected computer to see when they are next working. Also if the system is web based it brings the ability to create a much more flexible shift schedule by making use of employees transferring shifts and specifying the exact times they are available to work during the week.
Most personnel scheduling software also allow employee to indicate which shifts they would prefer in the next shift schedule.If employees can work at the times they wish the staff turnover rate will be far less.
The shift schedule is created based on when each employee is available to work. The employees will have entered into the system when they are available.
The employee scheduler can also be used to manage the holidays taken by employees. The manager of system will have already allocated how many days of each employee can take. The employee can then request a day off and upon approval from their manager the system will automatically not assign them a shift on this day.
If the shifts each employee gets changed frequently it can be difficult for them to keep up with what shifts they are working next. Hence some shift planners will send an email to the employee reminding them of their shift a couple of hours before it is scheduled to begin.
