Employee Scheduling Software With Automated Scheduling
Streamline the way you organize your team and ensure that everyone is working when they should with automated scheduling from Sling.
Thousands of businesses like yours use Sling to handle their shift scheduling.
Spend less time scheduling employees
Automated scheduling can help you save time so you can focus more of your energy on building your business.
Create templates for repeated use
Drag and drop to build schedules faster
Access, update, and manage schedules from anywhere
Monitor labor costs as you schedule
Control overtime for a better bottom line
Eliminate double-bookings and overlap
Reduce overtime spending
Overtime spending can take a bite out of your business’s bottom line if it’s not kept in check. Sling’s automated scheduling feature makes it possible to:
Set overtime limits for each shift
Manage profit margins for each shift
View historical and projected sales revenue
Control labor costs against anticipated revenue
Set budgets and stick to them
Increase profits
Automated scheduling allows you to exercise stricter control over labor spending when building work shifts, which can help you increase profits throughout your business.
Other tools that can help include:
Break tracker
Built-in time and attendance tracker
Team and individual communication
Task management
On-site and mobile options
Document tracker
Forecast labor demands
Automated scheduling combined with advanced forecasting tools can help you align your workforce management with short- and long-term business goals in order to achieve:
More accurate resource planning
Easier budgeting
Less overtime
Fewer staff shortages
Better strategic employee management
Go beyond automated scheduling
Everything you need to manage employees and keep them coming back, all in one platform.
Fantastic scheduling software!
Easy to create shifts, user friendly and great to message employees individually or by group.
Shift scheduling is only the start.
Shift scheduling with Sling is free. But that’s only the beginning of what you can accomplish. Sling comes with a 15-day free trial so you can choose the plan that works best for your needs.
Bill monthly
Bill annually
Save 15%
For up to 50 users
Free
Unlock your team’s potential with easy-to-use scheduling and communication features.
Key features
- Shift scheduling
Organize and manage employee work schedules
- Time-off requests
Approve or deny employee requests for time off
- Available shifts
Easily see which shifts still need to be filled
- News sharing
Share news with your team through targeted pages
- Long-term scheduling
Build employee schedules months in advance
- Private messaging
Communicate with employees one-on-one
Plus many others
Premium
Take it to the next level by adding tools for tracking time and optimizing labor costs.
$2.001.70
per user per monthKey features
- Mobile time tracking
Accurately clock in and out of shifts from a moble device
- Labor cost management
Keep track of your labor costs and compare against sales
- Overtime tracking
Track, analyze and prevent excessive overtime
- Private and group messaging
Communicate with employees in private or group conversations
- Calendar synchronization
Keep track of your scheduled shifts on any calendar app
Plus everything in Free
Business
RecommendedUnderstand your labor data, pull reports for payroll, and run your business efficiently!
$4.003.40
per user per monthKey features
- Kiosk time tracking
Use a shared device for employees to clock in and out
- Reports
View reports of total hours worked and wages earned
- No-shows
Track and manage shifts employees miss
- Sick call-outs
Track and manage employee sick call-outs
- PTO management
Approve and track paid time off requests
Plus everything in Premium
Frequently asked questions
What is automated scheduling?
Automated scheduling is a feature of advanced employee management software that uses data from your business, user-defined parameters, and artificial intelligence to select the best employees for a particular shift.
Think of it like a personal assistant dedicated solely to creating work schedules for your team.
You tell the assistant what each shift needs (e.g., skills and experience) and what it can handle (e.g., hours already worked and maximum pay rate), and then, with the click or tap of a button, the assistant builds a schedule for your perusal.
From there, you can review the schedule, make any changes you deem necessary, and then post it for all to see.
After the initial setup, the entire process takes seconds so that you can have a schedule up and ready to go within minutes instead of hours.
How does automated scheduling work?
With software that includes automated scheduling, you can instruct the app to consider any number of variables when setting up the schedule, including:
- Employee availability
- Overtime limits
- Business budget
- Sales data
- Part-time/full-time status
- Skills
- Ability
- Absenteeism rates
- Weather data
After setting that information, you can instruct the system to assign shifts according to the variables you choose (e.g., availability, overtime limits, and skills).
The software finds the best fit and creates the schedule accordingly.
What are the benefits of automated scheduling?
Automated scheduling can help you:
- Save time
- Reduce overtime spending
- Increase profits
- Forecast labor demands
- Maintain compliance
- Cultivate strong relationships
- Build your business instead of just running it
With automated scheduling, you’ll have more time to focus on the details of your operation, build strong systems, and guide your business into the future.
Why use Sling to manage automated scheduling?
Whether you use automated scheduling to build shifts one team member at a time, repeat successful schedules with user-defined templates, or let your employees choose when they want to work, the Sling app simplifies and streamlines every aspect of the scheduling process.
With Sling’s help, you’ll have more time (and energy) to focus on building your business. Not only is Sling an extremely powerful and versatile automated scheduling app, but it’s also a:
- Mobile time clock
- Labor-cost analyzer
- Private and group messaging system
- Newsfeed manager
- Employee task list
- Much more…
All of this is rolled into one easy-to-use package that doesn’t take months to get used to. You can even use one Sling account to schedule employees across multiple locations.
Right now, you can get started with the essentials to help you organize and optimize your team, handle internal communication, and manage labor costs with just one click.
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Schedule faster, communicate better, get things done.