Samwise HR is launching soon
Samwise plans the tills, the shop floor and the bakehouse, shows you while you plan when there isn’t enough rest between a late and an early shift, and records working time with one tap on a phone or at the time clock in the shop.
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.
A late shift until 9 pm, then an early shift from 6 the next morning: that leaves only nine hours in between. Samwise shows you while you plan, not after it has happened.
In retail, many people work just a few hours a week. Samwise keeps an eye on agreed hours and the mini-job earnings limit. If someone drops out, it shows you who can step in and offers the shift to everyone who fits with one click.
If you train young people, Samwise points it out in the rota when a shift starts too early for them. From the age of 16, a 5 am start in the bakehouse or patisserie is possible once you allow it.
A tablet by the entrance works as a time clock with a personal PIN and keeps working through a short internet outage. Or everyone clocks in with one tap on their own phone. Times from a paper timesheet can be added afterwards, with the scan kept as a record.
Depending on what you choose when you start, Samwise sets up these teams, activities and shifts.
Samwise is in German, so the app shows these names in German. You can rename every one of them.
| Shift | Time | Usual days |
|---|---|---|
| Deliveries | 05:30–10:00 | Mon–Sat |
| Early | 06:00–14:30 | Mon–Sat |
| Middle | 10:00–18:30 | Mon–Sat |
| Late | 13:30–21:00 | Mon–Sat |
| Saturday peak | 09:00–17:00 | Sat |
| Shopping Sunday | 12:00–18:00 | Sun |
| Night restock | 22:00–05:00 | Mon–Fri |
| Shift | Time | Usual days |
|---|---|---|
| Bakehouse night | 02:00–10:00 | Mon–Sat |
| Patisserie | 05:00–13:00 | Mon–Sat |
| Counter early | 05:30–13:00 | Mon–Sat |
| Counter late | 12:30–18:30 | Mon–Sat |
| Sunday baking (up to 3 h) | 05:00–08:00 | Sun |
| Sunday counter | 08:00–11:00 | Sun |
The days show when shifts like these usually run. You set your own week in the shift plan.
If a shift doesn’t 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. Tick them off as you go.
For staff who regularly work at night, the Working Hours Act requires fair compensation: paid days off or a premium, unless a collective agreement says otherwise. In bakeries, night means 10 pm to 5 am.
| Extra pay | Rate | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bakery night compensation, 10 pm to 5 am | 25% | checked |
The premium is set up but switched off. Switch it on if you pay the compensation as a premium, and it appears in the import file or the Excel file for your payroll office. The Federal Labour Court generally considers 25% appropriate, and 30% for permanent night work.
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.