Samwise HR is launching soon
Samwise sets up your crew, site management, installation and call-out teams when you start, your people clock in themselves on their phone or a tablet, and at the end of the month every person’s hours are ready on their timesheet.
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.
By Friday half of them are missing, and someone has to type up the rest. With Samwise everyone clocks in themselves: with one tap on their phone or with their own PIN on a tablet that works as a time clock. Any paper sheets you still get, you add by hand, and the scan stays attached as proof.
In summer the day starts at seven, in winter half an hour later, and installation jobs mean four long days. You set up your usual week once, and Samwise drafts every new week from it. If someone drops out, Samwise shows you who can step in.
Apprentices under 18 have their own limits on working hours and breaks, and casual staff have the mini-job earnings limit. If a shift breaks one of these limits, Samwise points it out while you plan. You decide what happens.
Not everyone can do every job. You note once who can do what. If you put someone on a job they are not set up for, Samwise asks you to confirm.
Choose construction or trades when you set up, and Samwise creates these teams, activities and shifts. Workshops get the same set.
Samwise is in German, so the app shows these names in German. You can rename every one of them.
| Shift | Time | Usual days |
|---|---|---|
| Summer Mon–Thu | 07:00–16:00 | Mon–Thu |
| Summer Friday | 07:00–14:30 | Fri |
| Winter Mon–Thu | 07:30–16:00 | Mon–Thu |
| Installation week 4 × 10 h | 06:00–17:00 | Mon–Thu |
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.
Samwise adds these points as a checklist when you start. You tick them off once they are done.
For construction, finishing and installation, Samwise sets up three premiums from the construction industry’s collective agreement. Other trades usually have a different agreement.
| Extra pay | Rate | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Night work (8 pm to 5 am) | 20% | check before switching on |
| Sunday | 75% | check before switching on |
| Public holiday | 200% | check before switching on |
The rules come switched off. You switch them on if the agreement applies to you. They then appear in the import file or the Excel file for your payroll office.
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.