Schedules sit in spreadsheets, changes in chat, and arrivals elsewhere. By payday, managers rebuild the week.
The operating loop
The workforce loop
One source record follows the work. Each step keeps its context.
01Onboard Add the person, role, and first shift
02Schedule Build, review, and publish the week
03Check in Verify arrival and departure at the venue
04Review Resolve late, missed, or corrected time
05Approve Lock the payable time with evidence
06Record Give staff a clear earnings history
No re-entry between steps. Corrections keep the original evidence.
Schedule with the week in view
Week board
A visual week with every shift. Drag to adjust, click to assign. Published once reviewed.
Role‑based scheduling
Define roles (barista, kitchen, manager). Assign people to shifts by role.
Published = committed
Once the schedule is published, every staff member sees their week. Edits create an auditable change record.
Attendance and time
Check‑in at the venue
Staff verify arrival and departure on a shared terminal. Each check‑in is timestamped and geo‑tagged.
Break and return
Record meal breaks and returns. The terminal stays on the attendance screen during operating hours.
Late and missed
A late arrival or missed shift is flagged immediately. The manager sees it in real time, not on payday.
Exceptions and corrections
Forgot to check out
A missing departure creates a flagged shift visible to both the staff member and the manager.
Time correction
The manager can correct a time record. Every correction is logged with who made it and when.
Swap and cover
A staff member can request a swap. The manager approves. The schedule updates without a spreadsheet edit.
Approval and earnings
Payable time approval
The owner reviews and locks the approved time at the end of the pay period. Locked time cannot be changed.
Revenue-share context
Approved time and recorded sales can produce an understandable share basis visible to the staff member; this is not payroll settlement.
Personal earnings statement
Each staff member sees their own hours, approved time, corrections, and earnings across every period.
A clear boundary
Scope
Included
Staff onboarding, weekly scheduling, venue-terminal attendance, breaks, exception handling, manager time review, owner approval, and staff earnings and revenue-share context at one location.
Not claimed in this scope
Multi-location scheduling, payroll or bank settlement, automatic tip pooling, and biometric clock-in.
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