Smarter Scheduling, Save Time and Forecast Labor Costs
Build cost-effective schedules faster, control labor costs with real-time forecasting, and empower your team with a simple app to manage their availability and shift trades.
What is Employee Scheduling Software?
If you’re still building schedules in Excel, on paper, or through a chaotic group chat, you know the struggle. It’s a time-consuming puzzle of matching availability, accommodating time-off requests, and trying to control overtime, all while ensuring your business is properly staffed.
Employee scheduling software is the modern solution. It’s a centralized digital platform that automates and simplifies the entire scheduling process. The best employee scheduling apps, like Jolt, provide a single tool for managers to build and publish schedules, for employees to view their shifts and manage their availability, and for business owners to track and optimize labor costs in real-time.
The All-in-One Scheduling Tool That Works for Everyone
Jolt provides a powerful, intuitive platform that saves managers time, gives employees control, and helps you protect your bottom line.
For Employees: A Schedule That Fits in Their Pocket
Empower your team with the best employee scheduling app for managing their work-life balance. The Jolt app gives your staff the self-service tools they need, reducing manager workload and last-minute phone calls.
Mobile Access
View schedules, get automatic shift reminders, and see who they’re working with, all from their personal device.
Manage Availability & Time Off
Employees can submit their availability preferences and request time off directly in the app.
Shift Trades
Employees can submit requests on their mobile app to drop, pick up, and trade shifts for manager approval.
Multi-Location Availability
Staff working at multiple locations can submit availability and time-off requests for one or all locations.
For Managers: Build Better Schedules, Faster
Go from a blank slate to a fully staffed, cost-optimized schedule in a fraction of the time. Jolt’s scheduling tools are designed for speed and precision.
Build Schedules in Minutes
Use an easy modern drag-and-drop interface to quickly create employee schedules.
Create Reusable Templates
Save the perfect weekly or daily schedule as a template and easily assign the shifts.
Copy & Paste
Have a great week? Copy the entire schedule—shifts and employee assignments—to a future week instantly.
Multi-Location Management
Manage schedules for one location or hundreds from a single view. No more multiple logins.
For Owners: Maximize Profit & Control Costs
Stop guessing and start making data-driven staffing decisions. Jolt is a powerful employee scheduling management software that provides the insights you need to optimize your labor spend. With Jolt’s real-time labor cost forecasts, you can see the financial impact of your schedule as you build it. The system proactively prevents overspending with smart alerts and warnings for potential overtime and break violations. Afterward, you can gather detailed insights from comprehensive labor reports and role-based analytics to optimize future schedules and improve your bottom line.
Labor Cost Forecasting
See projected labor costs as you build the schedule, allowing you to make adjustments before it’s published.
Smart Alerts & Warnings
Get notified automatically about overtime risks, scheduling conflicts, and unavailable employees.
Integrated Time & Attendance
Connect Employee Scheduling with Jolt’sTime Clock to enforce punch-in/out times, prevent early clock-ins.
Detailed Labor Reports
Gain valuable insights into your labor trends, track attendance issues, and identify opportunities for improvement.
What Current Customers Say…
Scheduling went from two hours using our old system to 20 minutes with Jolt. Jolt has by far made scheduling 10 times easier.
Josh G., Jersey Mike’s
My favorite thing about Jolt is the Scheduling feature. It makes scheduling employees so much easier than the legacy systems. Additionally, the employees love it!
– Salem N., Tropical Smoothie Cafe
My employees no longer have to call me in order to request days off or trade shifts. Jolt Scheduling allows me to actually manage my store.
– John A., Ben Nevis Takeaway
Ready to Reclaim Your Time?
Schedule a free, personalized demo today and see how Jolt can transform your scheduling process from a chore into a strategic advantage.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best employee scheduling software for a small business?
The best scheduling software for a small business is one that is easy to use, affordable, and empowers employees with a mobile app. Jolt is an ideal choice because it saves managers hours of time, reduces no-shows with automatic reminders, and helps control labor costs, which is critical for small business profitability.
How does Jolt handle employee availability and time off?
Employees submit repeating availability (e.g., “I can’t work Tuesdays this semester”) and one-time off requests (e.g., “I need next Friday off for a wedding”) directly in the Jolt app. Both require manager approval. Once approved, these requests appear directly on the schedule builder, and Jolt will warn managers if they try to schedule a conflicting shift.
Can Jolt help enforce our scheduling policies?
Yes. You can configure rules to block time-off requests on certain days, set limits on how many people per role can request a day off, and automatically warn managers about overtime and max weekly hour violations before they publish the schedule.
What is the difference between copying a schedule and using a template?
Copying a day or week duplicates the exact schedule, including the shifts and the specific people assigned to them. This is great for weeks that are nearly identical. A template saves the shifts without employee assignments. This is perfect for reusing your ideal shift structure while assigning it to different people each week.
Does this software also handle time tracking?
Yes, Jolt Employee Scheduling integrates seamlessly with Jolt Time Clock. This allows you to enforce your schedule by preventing employees from clocking