As anyone who has worked on rosters knows, manually creating a roster with pencil and paper or with a spreadsheet is at best a frustrating experience and is often an almost impossible task. FlexiRoster automates the numerous tasks involved in generating a roster - keeping track of staff qualifications and skills, their availability and preferences, award conditions, required hours and of course work requirements. On top of this FlexiRoster can keep track of the distribution of both good and bad shifts to help ensure that their distribution amongst staff is as fair as possible, further improving staff morale.

Using FlexiRoster, it's possible to automatically generate a better quality roster in a fraction of the time that it takes using traditional methods. The time savings in generating rosters alone can easily pay for the cost of a FlexiRoster license without even taking into account the other benefits that it provides!

Why is flexible rostering so important? Many businesses have already discovered that providing their staff with flexible working arrangements has many benefits beyond improving staff job satisfaction and general morale.

Virtually all employees place a greater value on their personal time than their work time - they work to live rather than living to work. By taking into account staff preferences for when they want to work, employers can give their employees the feeling that they are valued as an individual that matters and not just as a resource to be used and abused as management sees fit. The boost in staff morale that comes with flexible rostering for many employees is greater than that achieved through an increase in wages. Smart employers take advantage of this to retain their valuable employees at only a fraction of the cost.

A workforce with high morale that feels valued by their employer has better productivity, leading directly to a positive effect on the bottom line of any business.

Conversely, low staff morale leads directly to a high turnover rate. Many businesses underestimate the cost of replacing lost staff. Recruiting new staff, training them and the initial reduced productivity are significant costs to business. These costs can be greatly reduced by keeping your existing employees as happy as possible, further improving the bottom line.