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How to schedule employees

When every task lives in someone's head — or a group chat — things fall through the cracks. A visual board turns scattered to-dos into a schedule everyone can see and trust.

How to schedule employees

Master employee scheduling in 5 simple steps

No complex setup or steep learning curve. See how PlanMee turns scattered to-dos into a schedule your whole team can see and trust.

  1. 01

    Map Your Team

    Keep roles, skills and certificates in one profile.

  2. 02

    Plan the Work

    Break jobs into tasks with owners and due dates.

  3. 03

    Assign Crews

    Match qualified people to the right jobs and sites.

  4. 04

    Handle Absences

    See leave, events and deadlines in one calendar.

  5. 05

    Track Hours

    Compare the plan with hours actually worked.

Step 1

Know your team before you plan their week.

Start with one up-to-date database of your workforce. Every employee profile holds the role, hourly rate, contracts, certificates and qualifications, so you know exactly who can do which job before a single name goes on the schedule.

Know your team before you plan their week.
Step 2

Turn scattered to-dos into a visual plan.

Break every job into tasks on a visual Kanban board. Give each task an owner, a priority and a due date, so the work that used to live in someone's head or a group chat becomes a plan the whole team can see.

Turn scattered to-dos into a visual plan.
Step 3

Put the right people on the right job.

Assign employees and subcontractor groups straight to the job and see who is already working where. Certificates with validity dates make sure only qualified people get scheduled, and co-owners share responsibility for larger jobs.

Put the right people on the right job.
Step 4

Plan around absences, not into them.

Leave requests are approved in a click, and employees are notified whenever the status changes. Absences sit in the shared calendar next to deadlines, meetings and site events, so gaps show up before you plan the week.

Plan around absences, not into them.
Step 5

See how the plan played out in real hours.

Attendance and work hours flow back to every job, so you can compare the schedule with what really happened. The month matrix shows hours per employee and day and helps you spot overloaded people before you plan the next week.

See how the plan played out in real hours.
The PlanMee effect

Scheduling employees should be simple.

PlanMee brings your people, tasks and calendar into one platform.

  • Task Planning

    Before PlanMee

    To-dos in heads and group chats

    With PlanMee

    Visual board with clear owners

  • Crew Assignment

    Before PlanMee

    Calling around to find who's free

    With PlanMee

    Live view of who works where

  • Qualifications

    Before PlanMee

    Certificates checked too late

    With PlanMee

    Valid certificates before assignment

  • Absences

    Before PlanMee

    Leave tracked in a separate file

    With PlanMee

    Leave and events in one calendar

  • Working Hours

    Before PlanMee

    Timesheets collected at month end

    With PlanMee

    Hours logged to every job

  • Team Communication

    Before PlanMee

    Schedule changes lost in WhatsApp

    With PlanMee

    Comments and notifications on tasks

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