The pain
Cafes run on razor-thin labor and rotating availability. Students swap quarters, baristas pick up side gigs, and the 5am opener is always the hardest shift to fill. On top of that, you're making schedules while pulling shots during the afternoon lull. There is no desk in this job.
Most scheduling tools expect you to sit down at a laptop and manage everything through a web dashboard. That's not what your Tuesday looks like.
The Convey approach
Open Convey on the mobile web. Tap into the grid, drag shifts around, publish. Or let the AI draft your week from constraints: "Emma can't open Tuesdays, Marcus wants 25 hours, no one under 18 closes." Claude writes a conflict-free schedule in seconds.
Every barista gets a text with their week. They tap the link, bookmark it, and that's the entire onboarding. When Emma calls out for her 2pm shift, Convey finds the next available barista who's cleared on the espresso bar and offers the shift automatically.
A realistic Tuesday
1:12pm — Emma: "strep, can't do 2pm, sorry!!"
1:12pm — Convey marks Emma out, ranks candidates
1:13pm — Offers to Sam (barista, available, under max hours)
1:18pm — Sam: "yes can be there 1:55"
1:18pm — Everyone notified. Emma rests.
You kept making drinks.
Pricing for coffee shops
Free under 10 employees — which covers most single-location cafes. Flat $19/mo over that. See pricing.
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