Manage schedules and hours across multiple store locations
Quick tips
- Start in Overview to see who is clocked in and what needs attention.
- Drill into a store only after you know why you are going there.
- Use All Stores planner when the same people work multiple sites.
- Assign store colors so locations stay recognizable at a glance.
The hidden cost of tab-hopping
Multi-unit owners lose mornings to opening each location in turn, checking the same four things, and holding the comparison in their head. The work is not hard; it is just repeated, and the repetition is what makes patterns invisible.
A portfolio overview inverts that. You see clocked-in counts, open exceptions, and billing issues across managed stores in one pass, and you go into a specific store because something there asked for you.
What changes when staff work at more than one location
Shared staff break the single-store mental model in two specific ways. Overtime stacks across sites even though each store schedule looks fine, and the same person can be booked at two locations at once without either planner objecting.
The All Stores planner and cross-store warnings exist for exactly these cases. If anyone on your roster floats, this is not an optional view.
Reports have the same shape of problem. Watch the person, not the store, when you are reviewing hours for anyone who works at more than one site.
Small things that speed up every decision
Assign each location an accent color and use it consistently. It sounds cosmetic, but it makes the map in your head match the interface, and that alignment removes a small hesitation from every scan.
Treat the portfolio as a triage board rather than a report. Fix the store that is on fire, then move on. Deep links into Home, Planner, Team, and Reports are one click away when you need the detail.
Common questions
- How does pricing work for multiple store locations?
- Each store is a separate $20 per month subscription, or $220 per year, with unlimited employees at every location. Three stores means three subscriptions, and each one keeps its own team, schedules, and data.
- Can one employee work at more than one store?
- Yes, and the portfolio views are built for it. The All Stores planner warns you about cross-store scheduling overlaps, and reports let you review hours per person rather than per store, which matters because overtime combines across locations.
- Do you have to log out to switch between stores?
- No. You switch stores from inside the app without logging out, which is what makes a morning triage pass across several locations practical.
Keep reading
Control overtime costs during the pay period, not after payday
Overtime is cheapest to fix mid-week. Reports show the climb while you can still move a shift.
Publish a schedule without coverage gaps or double-booked staff
Drafts are for thinking, published shifts are what people plan life around. Read the warnings, close the gaps, then publish once.
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