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HotSchedules Confidential!

2012-05-21T20:29:22Z

In the short span that I was with HotSchedules, I realized that the company has found the secret to success. What’s the secret, you ask? Brace yourself. What you’re about to read is classified information…

Best Practices Webinar Series Begins!

2012-05-16T21:40:02Z

Today was the kick-off of our new monthly Best Practices webinar series. These are designed to give existing customers a piece of our “power user” insight so they can get the absolute most out of HotSchedules. Each month we’ll feature a different deep dive session so that all of our customers can hone their skills and squeeze as much ROI out of the tools as they can. If you’ve never used HotSchedules, you might still consider joining one of these sessions to see some of the in-depth reports and functionality our solutions deliver.

Three Cheers for Ross Bridge!

2012-05-02T20:34:44Z

An impromptu outpouring of thanks from three awesome HotSchedules customers!

Keeping Things HOT! with Salsa & Dip

2012-04-04T16:03:13Z

It was a dark and stormy night...

Actually...it might have been a nice, calm afternoon. I can’t really remember. But what I do remember is the sweet taste of great company culture, along with some fantastic salsa and dip!

On March 8th, the Hotties here at HotSchedules competed against one another in a Salsa & Dip competition (of course, we had to involve something HOT!). Over 15 employees entered the contest, and even more offered their expertise as “Official HotSchedules Salsa & Dip Tasters.” We had Texadelphia Cheesesteak Dip, 4th and Five Dip, Shrimp Dip, and many more.

The votes were in and only 3 dishes remained:

Ray Gallagher’s Ray’s Roasted Salsa

Andrew Stevens’ Elsa’s Lazy Salsa

Kyle Kotyk’s Texadelphia Cheesesteak Dip

At HotSchedules, we’re always looking for ways to spice things up, and this contest was a great way of keeping things hot. We appreciate all the hard work and participation of the Hotties, and we’re looking forward to the future competitions.

As an extra bonus, we’d like to share some of the winning recipes from the competition, so you can try them out at home yourself. Children may need help from their parents when it comes to creating the dishes, while parents may need help from their children when it comes to “cleaning up” the dishes :) ENJOY!

http://www.hotschedules.com/HotSchedulesRecipes

Strategic Scheduling Stimulates Successful Shifts & Shopper Satisfaction

2012-03-23T15:58:43Z

Why do we as managers take for granted the phenomenal opportunity we have in making deliberately great employee schedules? Why is it that we copy and paste the same shifts for the same employees every time? Why do we allow ourselves to lose great people because we didn’t take a few extra minutes to write strategic, performance-based schedules? Why did we let the drama play out negatively because we chose the wrong actors? These questions could go on and on. I believe the answer lies somewhere between complacency (managing the status quo) and plain old convenience. It is simply easier to take the last schedule and reuse it, despite its negative impacts and significant cost.

What happens in Vegas...

2012-03-05T20:58:45Z

At HotSchedules, we are passionate about service. You’ll find it in the way our Support Team provides assistance to our customers. You’ll find it in the way we interact with each other in the office. And you’ll find it in the way we find joy making an impact in the community by giving back. That’s just our Kool-Aid.

And the Top Chef is....

2012-03-01T22:12:56Z

The nation watched last night with baited breath, and many local Austin eateries (such as Black Sheep Lodge, Uchi, and Uchiko itself) were packed with finale viewing parties. After excruciating commercial breaks, the crowds were ready for a decision. "Paul, you are the Top Chef." These words, uttered by judge Padma Lakshmi, were the catalyst for celebrations all across Austin.

Happy Valentine's Day...to ME!

2012-02-17T18:01:24Z

Earlier this week, we held a fun Valentine's Day contest on Twitter and Facebook. We asked our likers and followers to tell their friends and fellow tweeters about us, and if they did, we entered them into a contest to win an iPad. Of course, we *wanted* to get a bunch more followers and likers out of the deal, but mostly, we wanted to engage and reward the people who are HotSchedules fans.

Great Culture = Business Savvy

2012-02-10T20:58:14Z

For the love of all that is business savvy, give your managers and employees the tools, processes, training they need to be successful. Give them a strategic labor management methodology (hint: I know where you can get one). Not only will they win, in the end you will win IN SPADES too.

HotSchedules Sponsors “HotHope” and Habitat

2012-02-01T22:27:52Z

HotSchedules was pleased to participate in a day of hard work in support of Habitat for Humanity. Several employees devoted their entire Saturday to the effort and found the experience to be both rewarding and fun. The group included Ray Pawlikowski, Gabriel Pryor, Kyle Koytk, Kyle Albright, Raechel Barnes, Mariana Perez, Robert Phillips, Seth Fatzinger, as well as some of their friends and significant others. Thanks to all who volunteered their time and energy for such a great cause!

On Christmas Day, several individuals from HotSchedules joined together to participate in “HotHope” – a program similar to other volunteer projects in which food and clothing is collected and donated to those in need. There was a big internal push for donations during the entire month of December, and a total of $1336.00 and 13 bags of clothes were collected from HotSchedules employees.

A handful of employees spent several hours on Christmas day organizing all the donations, packing them up and delivering them. Special thanks is extended to everyone who participated, and especially those who gave up their time on Christmas day, including; Justin Buckley, Esmer Rodriguez, Will Tung and Sam Ryan. But most of all, huge thanks to Elizabeth Arias for planning and executing this very worthwhile and time consuming project!