WORKCO · BUILT FOR SHIFT TEAMS

SUPERMARKET · RETAIL · F&B · CLINIC

We did not build an HR system with a scheduling tab. We started at the roster.

A shift business does not look like an office. Not everyone starts at nine and leaves at five. There are mornings and afternoons, part-timers whose availability differs, people who can cover more than one role, and branches that do it differently from each other. Everything in WorkCo is designed from that starting point.

Tap-to-assign scheduling Many branches, roles and shift types The roster lands in each person's LINE

WHO IT IS FOR

Businesses whose people are not at a desk

If you have to answer the question who is working tomorrow, every week, for every branch, you are the person this was built for.

  • Supermarkets and convenience stores: opening, closing and the busy block in between
  • Multi-branch retail, where each shop schedules itself
  • Restaurant and cafe chains, where the kitchen and the floor run different shifts
  • Hospitals, clinics and wellness, with rotas and qualified roles
  • Cleaning and security companies, whose people are posted to different sites

TODAY

Most teams still build the week in Excel, and it works, up to a point

We are not going to tell you Excel is bad. It is free, it is flexible, and you control all of it. One shop with six people, Excel beats every piece of software.

Where it stops working is the sending. The file gets screenshotted into a LINE group, one change means sending it again, and nobody is sure which picture they are looking at. Then at month end nobody can say who was late, because the file records who was supposed to come in, not who actually did.

And the software people try and then abandon usually is not short of features. It is that it assumes everybody works the same hours. Meeting the shifts your shop actually runs, it has to be bent into shape, and the person bending it is you.

THE FIT

Designed around how you already build the week

This is what we mean when we say we started at the roster.

  • Tap to assign, copy last week and edit only what changed
  • More than one shift type in a day: morning, afternoon, night, and shifts that cross midnight
  • One person can cover more than one role, and each role has its own people
  • Each branch carries its own shifts and settings, and you switch branch with one tap
  • Daily, weekly or monthly views, on a computer or on the phone
  • Edit and re-send: the change goes into the LINE of the people it affects
  • Staff join by link or QR code using the LINE account they already have
  • Build the week on a computer if you prefer: it opens in any browser, signed in with LINE Login
  • Head office sees labour cost across every branch as the month runs, with the projected close and the liability in unused leave

AFTER THE SCHEDULE

The roster is where every number after it comes from

Because we start at the roster, everything after it is tied to each person's actual shift. A check-in is measured against the shift they were given, leave comes off their own balance, and payroll is calculated from the hours that actually happened, not the hours that were planned.

Attendance, leave and payroll have their own page.

See attendance, leave and payroll

FAQ

Questions people actually ask

What is the best scheduling app for a supermarket or a retail chain?
A retail chain needs three things: more than one shift type in a day, part-timers whose availability differs, and each branch scheduling itself while head office can still see across all of them. WorkCo does those three as the basic case, and the roster lands in each person's own LINE with no app to install. Our largest customer is a chain running 30 locations and more than 150 staff on one system.
Does it work for a restaurant chain where the kitchen and the floor run different shifts?
Yes. A person can hold more than one role and each role carries its own shifts. Shifts that cross midnight are supported, which matters for a late closing kitchen, and each branch sets its own pattern, because a mall unit and a street unit do not open and close at the same time.
Can a clinic or hospital use it for rotas?
Yes, on the same principle: define the roles, then assign the people who can hold that role into the rota. What differs from a shop is that a clinic usually has few people qualified for a given role, so the system offers you the people by role. What we do not do is check professional licences or profession-specific hour limits. That part is still yours to watch.
We use Excel today. What does moving actually involve?
About two minutes: business name, the shift types you already run, then invite the team on LINE. We do not import your old Excel file and we deliberately do not try. Your first week is built by copying last week and editing it anyway, so the old sheet is a reference you keep open once and then stop opening.
Will staff who are not comfortable with technology manage it?
Yes, because there is nothing new to learn. The roster arrives in LINE like a message from a friend. There is no app to install, no new password to set and no app name to remember. The only thing anyone does once is tap the link that joins them to the team.

Try it yourself

Free while your team is up to 20 people. No card, about two minutes to set up, then invite your team on LINE.

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