The Roster Flow blog, page 6
Writing about the week between the roster and the pay run, from the point of view of the person who has to build both. Short, specific, and free of anything we cannot back up.
How many employees does a restaurant need per shift?
There is no single right number of staff for a restaurant shift, but there is a reliable way to find yours. Start from the guests you expect in each half hour, decide how many each role can look after in your venue, add the roles you need whatever the trade, and check the result against the wage cost before you publish.
How to roster kitchen and front-of-house employees
The kitchen and the floor work the same service on different clocks. The kitchen starts hours before the first guest and finishes after the last plate, while the floor builds as the room fills. Here is how to build the two rosters so they meet at the pass, cover each other’s gaps without breaking the award, and cost what you expect.
How to create a staff roster in Google Sheets
Google Sheets is free with a Google account, lives online and opens on any phone, which makes it a natural home for a small team’s roster. Here is a layout that adds up, formulas that fill whole columns at once, checks that catch mistakes, and a way to share the roster without sharing everybody’s pay rate.
How to create a weekly roster in Excel
Excel is where most small business rosters start, and a well built sheet will carry a small team a long way. Here is a layout that works, the formulas that add up shifts properly, including the ones that run past midnight, and the checks worth building in before the roster goes to anyone.
