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Sawa's Old Warsaw / Labor
Live · Week of Mon May 26
Operations · weekly schedule · OT-aware · covers vs labor %

Labor Schedule + Cost

The paper schedule on the kitchen wall, on a tablet. Type once, Adam, the kitchen lead, and payroll all see the same numbers. Labor % stays under 30% even on slow weeks.

Scheduled hours · this week
412 h
12 staff · $7,840 forecast
Labor % vs covers
28.4%
✓ under 30% red line
OT projected
9 h
2 staff · $312 premium
Coverage gaps
2
Tue lunch · Fri AM prep
💡
Suggested staffing · from forecast covers
Saturday is tracking 420 covers, you've scheduled 7 FOH for dinner. Try 8.
4-week DOW rolling avg for Saturday dinner is 412 covers (vs your 290 baseline before the August lift). Adding one server holds tip-out and table-turn, and keeps labor % at 28%. Marishia's BOH staff is already right-sized.
📅 Week of May 26 → Jun 1
3 dept lanes · OT auto-flagged at 40h/wk
Staff
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Total
BOH
Kitchen · 5 staff · 198h · $4,180
M
Marishia (lead)
10h
prep
off
off
10h
prep
10h
svc
11h
svc
8h
svc
49h
+9 OT
A
Anna (line)
off
8h
8h
8h
8h
8h
off
40h
P
Pawel (line)
8h
8h
8h
off
8h
8h
off
40h
D
David S. (prep)
6h
6h
6h
6h
6h
off
off
30h
K
Kasia (dish)
off
6h
6h
6h
6h
8h
7h
39h
FOH
Servers · busser · host · 5 staff · 178h · $3,210
L
Lisa (lead server)
8h
off
8h
8h
8h
8h
8h
48h
+8 OT
T
Tomek (server)
off
6h
6h
6h
8h
8h
6h
40h
E
Ewa (server)
6h
6h
off
6h
8h
8h
off
34h
R
Rafal (busser)
4h
4h
4h
4h
6h
8h
4h
34h
N
Nikola (host)
off
off
4h
4h
6h
8h
4h
26h
Admin
Owner · 2 staff · 36h · $450 (owner draws excluded)
AJ
Adam Sawa (owner)
all day
all day
all day
all day
all day
all day
off
draws
B
Beata (bkkpr/admin)
6h
off
6h
off
6h
off
off
18h
Click any cell to add or edit a shift. "Copy from last week" pre-fills the grid.

📊 Covers vs Labor

Daily detail
Labor % vs 30% red line · this week
28.4%
30% red line
Labor cost $7,840 against $27,610 forecast revenue. 28.4% holds the line on slow weeks. Above 30% twice running = act on schedule.
Daily forecast · covers + labor
Mon · 180 covers31% · $1,180
Tue · 168 covers soft34% · $1,070
Wed · 195 covers29% · $1,150
Thu · 215 covers28% · $1,210
Fri · 285 covers26% · $1,490
Sat · 420 covers post-Aug 2025 lift24% · $2,210
Sun · 380 covers25% · $1,910