Canton of GenevaStaff scheduling software in Geneva
Geneva is one of the densest and most expensive hospitality markets in Switzerland. Lunch runs on the banking quarter and the international organisations, evenings follow the conference calendar rather than a tourist season, and rents leave no room for a week that was staffed by guesswork.
Shifta is scheduling software built in Switzerland for exactly this kind of venue: drag shifts into place, watch the wage cost add up while you build, and publish once so the whole team has the plan on their phone, each in their own language.
What makes scheduling in Geneva different
The canton sets its own minimum wage
Geneva applies a cantonal minimum wage, indexed each year, on top of the CCNT minimums. What an hour of coverage costs is not an abstract question here, so seeing the total move while you build the week changes the calls you make.
Much of the team commutes across the border
Many staff travel in from Haute-Savoie or the Ain. A shift that starts too early or ends too late is a commute problem as much as a rest problem, so a rota published early and readable on a phone is worth more here than almost anywhere else.
Teams that share no single language
Geneva kitchens and floors bring together people working in French, English and German. A rota posted in one language always leaves someone out.
Demand set by the conference calendar
A summit week and a quiet midsummer week need very different coverage. With no history of hours worked, you re-size from memory every time.
Geneva applies a cantonal minimum wage, indexed each year, on top of the CCNT minimums. What an hour of coverage costs is not an abstract question here, so seeing the total move while you build the week changes the calls you make.
What Shifta gives a Geneva venue
- Estimated wage cost that updates while you build the week
- Published once, live on every phone in the team
- French, German and English, each person in their own
- Swaps and time off checked against conflicts and rest before you approve
- Hours logged on the phone, next to planned hours
- Several venues under one login
Questions about scheduling in Geneva
Does Shifta account for the Geneva minimum wage?
You enter each person's hourly rate, and Shifta costs the planned hours from that rate. The cantonal minimum itself is set and indexed by the canton: you record it once in your team's rates, then see its effect on every week you build.
Can my team use Shifta in French if I schedule in English?
Yes. Language is a personal setting, not a venue setting. You can plan in English while one cook reads the rota in French and another reads it in German.
Does it help with cross-border staff?
The rota is published in one go and arrives as a push notification, usually well before the week it covers, so people can plan the commute without waiting for a photo of the sheet in the kitchen.
Can I run several Geneva addresses from one account?
Yes. Multiple venues sit under a single login, each with its own team and schedule, and you switch between them in one tap.
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