Samwise HR is launching soon
Samwise sets up your groups, early and late duty, parents’ evenings and night standby when you start, your team sees their shifts on their phones, and the rota tells you in good time when there is too little rest between two shifts.
Launching by January 2027 at the latest. Ask us to keep you posted by 31 January 2027 and become a customer by 31 March 2027, and we’ll set up Samwise with you free of charge.
If the parents’ evening ends at 9:30 pm and early duty starts at 6:30 am, there are only 9 hours in between. Samwise counts the rest between two shifts in the rota and points it out before you release the rota.
A colleague reports sick on her phone or at the time clock. Samwise shows who can step in and offers the shift to everyone suitable with one click. The first person to accept gets it.
In residential groups and homes, the rules for settings that care for people apply: support shifts are allowed on Sundays and public holidays too, where the work can’t be done on a weekday, and the rest between two shifts may drop to 10 hours if another rest period within the same calendar month or within four weeks lasts at least 12 hours to make up for it. Samwise keeps track of that.
Many people work part-time, some as casual staff. Samwise warns you before a casual worker goes over the mini-job earnings limit, and at the end of the month the timesheet shows each person’s agreed and worked hours and the difference.
Your team clocks in with one tap on their own phone or with their personal PIN on a tablet at the entrance. As soon as you release the rota, everyone sees their shifts on their phone.
Depending on what you choose when you set up, Samwise creates these teams, activities and shifts. Residential groups and community services always get both parts; you leave out what you don’t need.
Samwise is in German, so the app shows these names in German. You can rename every one of them.
| Shift | Time | Usual days |
|---|---|---|
| Early duty | 06:30–14:00 | Mon–Fri |
| Late duty | 09:30–17:00 | Mon–Fri |
| Parents’ evening | 19:00–21:30 | Wed |
| Shift | Time | Usual days |
|---|---|---|
| Early | 06:30–14:30 | Mon–Sun |
| Late | 14:00–22:00 | Mon–Sun |
| Night standby | 22:00–07:00 | Mon–Sun |
The days show when shifts like these usually run. You set your own week in the shift plan.
If a shift does not fit these rules, Samwise points it out while you plan. You decide. If an exception applies to your business, for example in an emergency, you can plan differently with a reason.
For every business, Samwise also keeps track of maximum working hours, breaks, maternity protection and the mini-job earnings limit.
See all featuresSamwise points out these rules. It isn’t legal advice.
Depending on what you choose, Samwise adds these points as a checklist when you start. You tick them off once they are done.
Five steps until your first week is in place. All you need is your staff list and, for the time clock, a tablet.
Samwise sets up the teams, activities and shifts you see above. You can rename or remove any of them.
Upload it as an Excel or CSV file. Samwise shows any errors row by row before anything is saved.
Everyone gets their own link or QR code and fills in the staff questionnaire on their own phone.
Open the time clock in the tablet’s browser and print the PINs. That’s all it takes.
You set up your usual week once, and Samwise drafts every new week from it. As soon as you release the plan, your team sees it on their phones.
With the industry templates, you set up Samwise yourself. If you ask us to keep you posted by 31 January 2027 and become a customer by 31 March 2027, we set it up together with you free of charge.
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We’d be glad to show you Samwise now, in a free intro call. If you sign up, you’ll hear from us as soon as it launches.
Launching by January 2027 at the latest. Ask us to keep you posted by 31 January 2027 and become a customer by 31 March 2027, and we’ll set up Samwise with you free of charge.
We only use your address to reply to you and, if you sign up, to tell you when we launch. More in our privacy policy (in German).
In a free intro call, we’ll show you Samwise HR live, on a video call or, by arrangement, at your business. Tell us when suits you, and we’ll suggest a time.