The pain
Restaurant scheduling is a five-front war: availability, skills, labor cost, callouts, and the person who only works Tuesdays. You spend Sunday afternoon staring at a spreadsheet, then Monday morning rebuilding it because the new hire can't close Fridays. Then at 4pm Saturday someone texts "can't make it" and the printed schedule on the wall is already obsolete.
The traditional answer is a scheduling app. The problem: half your staff never install it. Half of those forget their password. And the ones who did install it turn off notifications anyway.
The Convey approach
Convey flips the model. You build the week in a WYSIWYG grid, or let the AI draft it from your constraints (max hours, day-off requests, skill matches). You hit publish. Every employee gets a text with a personal link. They tap it, see their week, bookmark the page. No install. No account. No password.
When someone texts out, Convey reads the message, ranks replacements by availability and skill, and offers the shift to the best match. When they confirm, you get a notification. You didn't have to chase anyone.
A realistic Saturday
3:42pm — Maya texts "can't make 5pm, sick"
3:42pm — Convey parses the text, marks Maya out, finds 3 candidates
3:43pm — Offers shift to Devon (best availability + skill match)
3:47pm — Devon replies "yes"
3:47pm — Confirmation sent to Devon, Maya, and you
You were prepping the line. You never touched your phone.
Pricing for restaurants
Free up to 10 employees. $19/mo flat for unlimited after that — not per user, not per location. For a 20-seat cafe or a 50-seat full service shop, you pay the same. See the pricing section for details.
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