Planning your rota is like a giant jigsaw puzzle. Dozens, maybe hundreds, of employees with hundreds, maybe thousands, of shifts. And only one of you, trying to make it all work. In a busy workplace you don’t always have time to ‘edit’ and ‘accept’ your employees’ shifts one-by-one. And sometimes life just happens, meaning employees’ … Continued
User experience design is the process of optimising and improving how real people interact with your product. If you have done your job right, your users will interact with your product seamlessly — the steps they need to take to complete a task will be obvious, and eventually everything they do will become second-nature. They … Continued
Starting a tech business is exciting, but growing up can be painful. Drawing on Planday’s journey from its creation in a Danish bar to its rapid expansion and recent historic VC investment, our Chief Product and Technology Officer, Chris Micklethwaite explains how to navigate the growth of a software business and where to expect challenges, … Continued
We know that employee scheduling is an integral part of operations for shift-based businesses. Regardless of the industry you’re in, you need an easy and effective way to schedule that saves you from battling with Excel sheets. Efficient scheduling helps to keep your staff more satisfied and less stressed about their work, and by having … Continued
Oh, the dreaded staff schedule. Are you spending more hours working on it than you care to admit? You’re not the only one. Even though effective staff scheduling is critical to creating a great working environment and improving staff retention at care homes, assisted living facilities and healthcare businesses across the UK, few tasks can … Continued
And just like that, it’s a wrap on spring! These past few months, we have been bringing you a bunch of powerful updates to help you manage your teams even more efficiently and be ready to tackle the hot season 🍉 Here’s a recap of the most significant features that we’ve been adding to Planday … Continued
We’re excited to announce that we’ve created a new Planday Ambassador Program, which gives you the opportunity to help your friends and colleagues optimize their business by referring them to Planday. The new Planday Ambassador program not only gives you the chance of receiving a €200 reward if your referral becomes a paying Planday customer, … Continued
Saving 24 Hours a Month at a Busy Wedding Venue Jose Luis Marques, the Group General Manager of Heritage Rocks Group, sat down with Planday to explain how the platform has made the daily operations much simpler for him and his staff. Heritage Rocks owns three events properties in the UK including Manor By … Continued
We spoke to Norbert Swierad, the Operations Manager for Absurd Bird, about saving £40,000 a year from using Planday. He explains how implementing the system has helped him run a multiple-location chain restaurant with over 100 employees, while improving staff retention at the same time. Southern Cuisine Across the Pond Absurd Bird restaurants focus on … Continued
