«How do you see managers building their schedules "by habit" and what are the consequences?
Across the networks we work with, roughly 70% of managers start each week's schedule by copy-pasting last week. When you align the POS data, the gap is massive: quiet evenings are overstaffed, weekend rushes are understaffed, and labor cost drifts 10–20%. No one sees it explicitly because the hours average out — except that uncovered peaks cost lost guests and team burnout.
— Steven Poivre, CEO & Data Scientist — Time Series and Demand Forecasting Expert
«What is the first thing to measure before deploying a labor forecasting tool?
The gap between scheduled hours and actually-needed hours over 4 weeks, slot by slot. Not in average — per service. That measurement tells you whether the problem is administrative (data entry) or operational (demand anticipation). Without that baseline, you can't tell whether the tool delivers ROI or just shifts the problem.
«Why does HCR compliance remain a blind spot for many restaurateurs in 2026?
Because the French HCR convention stacks industry-specific rules (night premiums, annualization, casual staff, compensatory rest) that few generic HR tools model correctly. Operators often hand it off to their accountant after the fact, creating hidden re-entry costs and labor-court risk. A native HCR tool like Skello or Combo pays for itself on that single criterion, independent of forecasting.
