Work schedule Excel template

With this work schedule template, you can easily and free of charge carry out your work planning with Excel. The roster template is a structured document that lists the working hours and shifts of employees for a specific period of time. Employee working hours can be planned and documented in detail in the work schedule

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Use cases for roster template

Plan working hours per employee and work area

Automatic calculation of target and actual times

Detailed overview of the planned working week

Plan working hours individually according to the company's opening times

Division into Employees and Work Areas

Formulas stored in the document help to record the planned individual and total working hours

FAQ's - Frequently asked questions:

How do I use the free schedule template in Excel?

The employees entered in the document header automatically appear for the individual days and at the bottom of the table
The workspaces entered in the document header and the “Pause” option can be selected from a drop-down menu of the individual working times
If an employee is entered as “absent”, the row is colored orange
The number of hours at the end of each series is automatically calculated from the number of completed working hours minus the number of breaks
The automatically calculated working hours per employee and the total amount of working time are shown at the end of the table

Does shift planning with Excel make sense?

Yes, scheduling in Excel is a good first step. Shifts and working hours of individual employees can be planned precisely per weekday. Built-in formulas also provide an evaluation of planned and actual hours. The Excel template can be extended as required.