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SHIFT WORKING

The management of Human

Resources is based upon Staff

Rosters. Your company will use

staff rosters, they are the most

efficient method of staffing any

organisation.

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HOTEL STAFFING Housekeeping, reception, porters, cleaning, room service, restaurant, bar, the list of departments is long enough, but each department has several grades of staff.
HOUSE KEEPING The   Housekeeping   department   must   be   the   most   important.   It   has   the   greatest   proportion   of staffing   hours   to   cover,   the   most   staff,   the   most   hours   to   cover   and   it   is   a   cost   center.   Unlike   the restaurant   and   bar,   which   are   revenue   centers,   and   as   long   as   they   are   not   overstaffed,   the more   staff   you   have   the   more   revenue   is   generated.   The   housekeeping   department   is   also   the one   the   customers   notice   most   if   anything   is   wrong.   You   have   to   have   the   right   number   of   staff on duty, or it shows. The   housekeeping   department   can   have   the   following   staff   depending   on   the   size   of   hotel. Housekeeper     and     assistant     housekeepers,     room     maids,     cleaners,     staffmaids,     cloakroom attendants,   houseporters,   valets,   laundry   and   linen   keeper.   The   staff   hours   of   cover   depend   on the   hotel   and   type   of   customer,   business   people   require   different   time   schedules   to   people   on holiday   with   children.   The   staff   need   to   be   scheduled   accordingly   and   in   a   ratio   to   the   number   of guests   staying   in   the   hotel.   Fortunately,   most   people   book   ahead   and   the   workload   is   known well in advance, especially during peak periods.

Your  

staffing  

requirement  

will  

depend  

on  

the  

occupancy  

of  

your  

hotel.  

It  

is  

possible  

to  

get  

quite  

good

estimates  

of  

staff  

numbers  

based  

on  

average  

times  

to  

do  

tasks,  

such  

as  

cleaning  

a  

room.  

Then  

you  

can

allocate  

10,  

or  

15,  

or  

even  

20  

rooms  

to  

each  

room  

maid.  

It  

is  

also  

quite  

easy  

to  

estimate  

the  

total

number of staff needed in a year for a task. We have a page about annual hours(see below).

For   

example,   

cleaning   

an   

occupied   

room   

takes   

30mins/day,   

en-suite   

bathroom

6mins/day,  

therefore  

a  

maid  

for  

every  

13  

occupied  

rooms.  

A  

hotel  

with  

100  

rooms(all

occupied)  

needs  

8  

maids.  

Then  

we  

can  

sum  

this  

up  

for  

a  

year  

of  

365  

days,  

which  

comes

to  

2900  

maid  

days  

per  

year.  

We  

can  

then  

divide  

this  

by  

the  

number  

of  

days  

a  

maid

works  

per  

year,  

say  

240,  

and  

arrive  

at  

a  

figure  

of  

12  

full  

time  

maids.  

Hence  

we  

can  

recruit

the   

12   

maids   

and   

start   

using   

them   

on   

the   

rooms.   

I   

haven't   

allowed   

for   

average

occupancy,   

sickness   

rates,   

and   

a   

lot   

of   

other   

things   

which   

readily   

come   

to   

mind,

because  

at  

this  

point,  

the  

difficult  

thing  

is  

to  

find  

a  

way  

of  

sharing  

the  

yearly  

workload

on  

a  

day  

by  

day  

basis.  

This  

is  

the  

difficult  

part,  

just  

how  

do  

you  

allocate  

the  

maids  

so  

that

you have just the right number on every day.

Well, the answer depends on where you are at the moment. An existing hotel staffed, is different to a new hotel unstaffed.
f    If   I   first   deal   with   a   new   hotel,   then   the   resultant method   is   easier.   First,   don't   start   from   the   above yearly   totals,   use   the   daily   hour   totals   to   tell   you how   many   staff   are   needed   each   day.   Start   Visual Rota,   set   it   up   for,   say   13   4week   periods   and   name the   staff,   as   RM1,   RM2,   etc.   Then   start   to   allocate shifts           according           to           your           occupancy rates(anticipated).    At    this    stage    you    can    use    full time   or   part   time   staff,   working   full   shifts,   half   shifts and   split   shifts.   Give   the   staff   days   off,   usually   in   the ratio   of   for   every   5   days   they   work,   they   have   2   off. Try   to   use   full   time   staff   as   much   as   possible   if   they are   cheaper,   and   fill   in   the   blanks   with   part   time staff.   Then   you   can   recruit   the   staff   in   accordance with   your   requirements   and   allocate   shifts   to   the staff weeks in advance, possibly months.
A At   some   stage   you   need   to   deal   with   holidays   and staff   turnover.   All   staff   take   holidays   but   it   is   difficult to   know   in   advance   when   this   is   going   to   be.   That's why    we    invented    dice.    If    you    look    back    at    your records(difficult   if   you   are   a   new   hotel,   I   know,   then you    have    to    guess)    you    will    see    the    pattern    of absenteeism,   sickness   and   holidays,   and   even   staff turnover.   This   pattern   can   be   replicated   by   throwing dice.   For   instance,   if   you   employ   12   maids   and   your staff   turnover   is   50%,   then   six   of   your   maids   leave every   year,   or   one   every   2   months.   You   won't   know when   exactly   and   it   is   difficult   for   us   to   be   random   in our   decisions,   so   throw   a   dice   for   each   month.   If   the number   is   even,   a   2,   4,or   6,   then   a   maid   leaves   that month,    if    the    number    is    odd,    no    one    leaves    that month.   Then   you   can   arrange   for   a   new   maid   to   be recruited   in   line   with   the   throw   of   the   dice.   Perhaps not,   perhaps   what   you   will   do   is   to   include   into   your budgets   the   cost   of   hiring   a   new   recruit   and   the   cost of using an employment agency.

You can use Visual Rota to allocate training days for new staff

and existing staff, or keep records of sickness, absenteeism,

lateness, frequency of requests and holidays.

An   existing   hotel   will   be   using   their   established working      practice      for      staffing.      Visual      Rota enables      you      to      analyse      this      and      see      if improvements    can    be    made    and    how    much you     can     save     by     changing     your     working practice.   Staff   need   an   incentive   to   change   and if    you    offer    part    of    your    savings    as    a    pay increase,   that   goes   a   long   way   to   getting   the changes   accepted.   We   have   regularly   improved the    way    we    work    by    incorporating    new    pay deals   for   existing   staff   and   hiring   new   staff   as and   when   we   replaced   the   staff   due   to   natural wastage on our new terms.
  Visual    Rota    enables    you    to    move    your    staff around    to    minimise    the    effects    of    peaks    and troughs    in    occupancy    levels.    You    can    bring    in more   staff   when   needed   and   give   them   days   off during   slack   periods.   The   program   keeps   track   of their   hours   and   shifts,   so   everyone   gets   exactly the    right    number    of    hours    of    work,    but    your costs are minimised.   Other   departments   are   equally   capable   of   being analysed    and    scheduled    by    Visual    Rota.    It    is possible   to   have   one   file   for   the   entire   hotel,   or several     files     to     cover     each     area,     floor     or department.   Whichever   method   you   use   at   the moment,   you   can   do   the   same   on   the   computer, but faster.
There   is   always   a   compromise   between   the   number   of   staff doing   a   particular   job   and   the   cover   they   provide.   If   there   is only   one   housekeeper,   then   the   maximum   cover   would   be   40 hours/week,   whilst   the   staff   rota   would   be   providing   up   to   168 hours   of   cover   a   week,   hence   one   of   the   main   management functions   is   to   determine   how   much   staffing   is   provided   and at   what   grade   of   staff.   Fortunately,   hoteliers   are   not   subject   to staffing   levels   determined   by   legislation,   and   can   decide   for themselves.
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Many organizations have pay rates that do not coincide with shift times.
Hotel Staff and Staffing A Hotel . Housekeeping, reception, porters, cleaning, room service, restaurant, bar, the list of departments is long enough, but each department has several grades of staff.
Visual Rota gives you the opportunity to cost out the labour element of running your establishment to as exact a figure as you like.
The EC Working Time Directive will have an effect on all Organisations. The Elements of the EC Working Time Directive That Will Affect You
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All organisations need a manpower plan and the essential prerequisite for any manpower planning is a statement of demand for the products of the organisation.
Visual Rota enables you to perform 'What If..' analyses, such as; �What if - we decide on different hours per shift?
This article concentrates on one very important aspect of quality, how staffing levels are seen to affect the quality from the recipients point of view.
Short staffing is when the tasks to be completed on a shift are not completed because there is not enough staff available.
Productivity increases can leave your organization over staffed, Visual Rota can reduce your staffing, painlessly.
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What is it that people want, when they talk about staff records? It isn't what is available on the market at the moment.
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Your restaurant is a major revenue centre. The more staff you have the more revenue is generated.

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A revenue centre. As long as you are not overstaffed, the more staff you have, the greater the revenue they generate

YOUR OFFERS

It’s great to have offers. You just have to make sure they make you money.
     
HOTEL STAFFING Housekeeping, reception, porters, cleaning, room service, restaurant, bar, the list of departments is long enough, but each department has several grades of staff.