Steak, seafood — and “spit-balling” — by the Baltic Sea When Israel Karasik and his business partners started The Fat Pike in Copenhagen, they “spit-balled” that affordable steak and seafood in Islands Brygge — Copenhagen’s old port district — was something the market needed. “Surprisingly enough, there aren’t that many seafood restaurants in Copenhagen,” Israel … Continued
Payslips, also known as paychecks, have changed a lot in the past few decades. Twenty years ago, employees would expect to receive a paper payslip with their paycheck as a record of their income and deductions. While many companies worldwide (especially smaller businesses) still offer paper payslips, it’s much more common today for all records … Continued
Sometimes, if you want to do something right, you’ve got to do it yourself. This is especially true when it comes to branding and marketing — two key functions of building a solid business that depend on cultivating and conveying a strong, cohesive brand identity. And who better to push that identity forward than the … Continued
Everything we do at Planday is about making things easier — for our customers and for us internally. We know effective communication is at the heart of it all, so Planday spends a lot of time working to make this happen. Whether you’re a restaurant manager scheduling staff for the weekend or a care home … Continued
Welcome to our Life at Planday series, where we catch up with Planday-ers from our offices around the globe. This month, we speak to Daniel Mc Goldrick, one of our superstar Product Analysts at our Copenhagen office. Enjoy! Q: What is a Product Analyst’s role at Planday? A: A Product Analyst is responsible for planning … Continued
Right people, right place, right time is actually much more complex than it sounds. As Planday’s CTO Chris Micklethwaite explains, more than 1 billion gig economy and shift workers have demanding and dynamic lives that need a simple solution to make it all work. Planday is all about relieving the burden of manual scheduling and … Continued
With more than a billion shift workers in the global gig economy, workplace laws are starting to align with the increasing number of people who work multiple casual jobs or are independent contractors in the shift worker economy. “There is a revolution happening in the global workforce,” says Planday CEO Christian Brøndum. “Workers are becoming … Continued
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
