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Rota software for small shift-based businesses. A café’s day peaks at lunch, a restaurant’s at dinner; Weekola plans around the shape of yours, and when it changes, you just tell it.

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Two sample Saturdays on the same line of time, from 06:00 to midnight. Harbour Coffee, a café, needs two people for the open from 06:30, three for the lunch rush and two for the close until 17:00. The Olive Room, a restaurant, needs front of house and kitchen for lunch, one of each through the afternoon split, and three of each for dinner until 23:00. Each day’s shifts fill its shape and every window is covered.

  1. Cafés

    The open, the lunch rush and the close, with baristas where the coffee is.

    “Maya’s called in sick for the 7am open. Find someone who can do the coffee machine.”

  2. Restaurants

    Front of house and kitchen, lunch and dinner, with the quiet split between.

    “We’re two short in the kitchen Saturday night.”

Weekola also suits shops, salons, pubs and bars: anywhere the week runs on shifts.

Every trade

What every shift business has in common.

Different hours, different roles, the same week underneath. Follow one Saturday at Harbour Coffee as you read.

Saturday at Harbour Coffee, a sample café, in three steps. First the day’s shape: coverage rules for two people at the open, three for the lunch rush and two for the close. Then the rota fills it with five shifts and every window is covered. Then Maya, the opening barista, calls in sick; the open is one short until Jess, who holds the Barista role and has had enough rest, covers it.

  1. Coverage rules

    Every day has a shape.

    An open, a rush, a close. Lunch, a split, dinner. Tell Weekola how many people you need and when, by role and area, once.

    Or just say“We need three on Saturday lunch, 11:30 to 14:30.”

  2. The rota

    People fill it.

    Build the week by hand, or copy last week and let auto-fill place people who fit: the right role, enough rest, not on leave. Publish it, and it’s on everyone’s phone.

    Or just say“Copy last week and publish it.”

  3. The change

    Then it changes.

    Someone’s ill, someone swaps, someone wants Saturday off. Every change is checked against the same rules before anything moves, and you see the gap close.

    Or just say“Maya’s off sick. Find another barista for the open.”

Weekola Brain checks the same rules as the rota, and nothing changes until you confirm. See everything you can ask

Whatever the trade, the week, sorted.

Start with the rota: £11/month for your whole team, with Leave and Weekola Brain included. Add the rest when the week needs it.

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