16 Restaurant Scheduling Tips For A More Productive Team
Restaurant scheduling is more than matching names to time slots. It’s about productivity. Discover scheduling tips to help you get the most from your team.
Restaurant scheduling software
Restaurant employee scheduling made easy. Get started with the best restaurant scheduling app — for free!
Thousands of restaurants like yours use Sling for their employee scheduling.
Easily create restaurant schedules
Restaurant scheduling doesn’t need to be complicated. Simplify your employee scheduling tasks today
Use simple and efficient tools to schedule employees
Save time with employee schedule templates
Let employees schedule their own shift swaps
Manage your restaurant schedules from anywhere
Share schedules with restaurant employees instantly
Reduce restaurant management confusion and increase efficiency
Increase employee attendance and reduce no-shows
Send notifications for updates to employee schedules
Check staff availability as you schedule
View employee schedules from anywhere
Eliminate restaurant scheduling conflicts
No need to manually remember staff availability
Let staff choose available shifts they’d like to work
Easily manage time-off requests and find replacements
86 double-bookings and employee overlap
Easily view work time and track employee hours
Control your costs and time with restaurant scheduling software
Make the most of your employee work time with Sling’s easy-to-use restaurant scheduling app
Create and reuse your perfect scheduling template
View all staff schedules in one place
Assign shifts by location, however many locations you have
Eliminate the back and forth while creating your perfect restaurant schedule
Pairs perfectly with Toast
Fire up your workforce and delight your guests with the perfect pairing of restaurant management tools.
Sync restaurant employee profiles from Toast to Sling
View sales data from your Toast POS and compare it to your restaurant labor costs
Instantly upload restaurant employee timesheets to Toast Payroll for quick and easy processing
Easily integrate and sync your Toast and Sling accounts
Integrate with other software
Connect Sling with other common tools you already use for a more complete way of running your business
Gusto
Shopify
Square
And more
Easy-to-use restaurant scheduling app
Build smarter schedules
Your optimal employee schedule is waiting. See who’s available, who’s worked recently, and who you need most.
Manage time-off requests
View your schedule and employee availability to better manage time off requests, all in one place.
Reduce no-shows and tardies
Automatically remind employees of upcoming shifts to increase on-time arrivals.
More than restaurant scheduling software
Everything your restaurant management team needs to schedule 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.
Frequently asked questions
What is restaurant employee scheduling?
Restaurant employee scheduling is the process of creating and putting together shifts for when and where your employees will work at your restaurant.
How to make a restaurant employee schedule?
Sling makes every part of the restaurant scheduling process easy with automation, real-time updates, and visibility across your entire restaurant.
Why choose Sling employee scheduling?
Sling is loved by thousands of restaurants, just like yours, that have simplified their employee scheduling process. Plus, scheduling is free.
How does restaurant employee scheduling work?
View your restaurant employees’ schedules and availability, all in one place. Read more about how to make a restaurant employee schedule.
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Schedule faster, communicate better, get things done.
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%
Unlimited managers, employees and locations
Free
Unlock your team’s potential with easy-to-use scheduling and communication features.
Free
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
Consider these products alongside scheduling to provide a seamless team management platform.
Toast point of sale
Increase revenue, streamline operations, and delight guests with Toast POS — A point of sale platform powerful enough to run your entire restaurant.
Payroll & team management
A restaurant-focused platform integrated with Toast POS that gives you everything you need to hire, manage, pay and retain your teams.
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Highly recommend for small businesses.
The scheduling and group messaging features are some of the best.
Sling Free is available at no charge; Sling Premium and Sling Business are available for a fee after a 15-day trial.