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HotSchedules

Composite Score

6.7 /10

CX Score

6.8 /10

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What is HotSchedules?

HotSchedules, Now Powered by Fourth you can easily create schedules based on forecasted sales and compliance requirements with hospitality’s most widely adopted scheduling and time management solution. With HotSchedules, we take the pain out of scheduling and help you optimize your workforce, cut labor costs, and build better employee experiences.

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Awards & Recognition

HotSchedules won the following awards in the Workforce Management - Midmarket category

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1 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2023

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HotSchedules Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

82 Likeliness to Recommend

91 Plan to Renew

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+76 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love HotSchedules?

0% Negative

15% Neutral

85% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Respectful
Unique Features
Client's Interest First

Cons

Charges for Enhancements

Feature Ratings

Average 78

Time Capture Virtual

Staffing

Labor Costing and Splitting

Workforce Dashboards and Reporting

Workforce Scheduling

Workforce Planning and Forecasting

Shift Management

Absence Management

Attendance Management and Policies

Time Capture Physical

Rate Policies

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 76

Business Value Created

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

HotSchedules Reviews

Lauren C.

Role: Human Resources
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2022

Using HotSchedules was a neutral experience.

Likeliness to Recommend

6 /10

What differentiates HotSchedules from other similar products?

The fact that it does have a lot of features built into it to manage workforce.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like that there were a lot of different tools and features to use.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It had a lot of functionality but it was difficult to use and understand, therefore many of these features went unused.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I think that there are better scheduling products out there but HotSchedules does a good job at the basics if that is what you are looking for.

Pros

Respectful
Reliable
Trustworthy
Unique Features

Cons

Less Productive
Inhibits Innovation
Slower Product Innovation

Ernesto A.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Education
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2022

The forecast for needed staff is very accurate!

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates HotSchedules from other similar products?

That it takes into consideration various components, like sales, to determine your staff forecast needs.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It is very accurate and reliable.

What do you dislike most about this product?

You need to properly input the needed components, like your daily sales average, so you can get the best results.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you have a good management system, particularly in sales management, this product will be of extreme value to your company.

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation

Masaru T.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Food and Beverage
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2022

Great product, but horrible problem solving.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates HotSchedules from other similar products?

The length of how long they have been around and how their app is used at a lot of restaurants.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy of use for both employees and managers.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Horrible experience with IT

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you use Aloha/ncr its a great option, but if you use Toast or Square or other companies for your POS system then there are other options to consider.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Helps Innovate
Reliable

Cons

Less Caring
Wastes Time
Under Delivered

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What is HotSchedules?

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Awards & Recognition

HotSchedules Ratings

82 Likeliness to Recommend

91 Plan to Renew

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+76 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love HotSchedules?

Pros

Cons

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Time Capture Virtual The use of device-agnostic methods to clock-in/out of a shift or role.

Staffing The rostering or assigning of resources to a shift or schedule based on a pre-defined set of criteria.

Labor Costing and Splitting The ability to report on the cost of labor for schedules, resources, and work types against other reporting dimensions.

Workforce Dashboards and Reporting The ability to report on both in-range (day, week, month, quarter, etc.) events as well as aggregate views of labor.

Workforce Scheduling The ability to configure work schedules for hourly and salaried employees and teams (e.g. crew, car, vessel), including rotations and recurring shifts.

Workforce Planning and Forecasting The ability to forecast and plan for labor requirements based on historical, heuristic, and other parameters.

Shift Management The ability for employees to exchange and bid on available shifts, rotations, and schedules.

Absence Management The ability to configure absence policies and types, call-ins, and provide visibility into absences.

Attendance Management and Policies The ability to configure rules related to types of hours, job requirements, thresholds, and eligible employees.

Time Capture Physical The use of physical clocks (swipe, key, biometric, retina) to clock-in/out of a shift or a role.

Rate Policies The ability to configure or integrate with rate policies for jobs, resources, and other identifying attributes.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

HotSchedules Reviews

Lauren C.

Using HotSchedules was a neutral experience.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Ernesto A.

The forecast for needed staff is very accurate!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Masaru T.

Great product, but horrible problem solving.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Feature Ratings

Time Capture Virtual

Staffing

Labor Costing and Splitting

Workforce Dashboards and Reporting

Workforce Scheduling

Workforce Planning and Forecasting

Shift Management

Absence Management

Attendance Management and Policies

Time Capture Physical

Rate Policies

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration