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- Orbital Shift
- November 26, 2019
Within Orbital Shift's employee management application, messages sent to employees are now accessible from the newly...
- Orbital Shift
- November 1, 2019
Introducing Orbital Shift's newest mobile app feature, push notifications to employees! With this upgrade to our staff...
- Orbital Shift
- September 21, 2019
Receiving notifications and alerts is one way our time and attendance software continues helping staff managers stay...
- Orbital Shift
- July 18, 2018
We’ve been working with clients and accountants to learn about the challenges, complexity, and increasing costs...
- Orbital Shift
- May 8, 2018
New manager feature to create unpaid and paid breaks at work for employees. Managers can visually review staffing...
- Orbital Shift
- March 14, 2018
Old trends that show no signs of slowing, and new ones that could change the industry forever...
- Orbital Shift
- March 8, 2018
Basic accounting and bookkeeping errors, and how employers can avoid them.
- Orbital Shift
- March 2, 2018
Stay on top of work break laws that differ from state to state and city to city.
- Orbital Shift
- February 22, 2018
Easy and accurate employee time tracking for businesses of all size.
- Orbital Shift
- February 15, 2018
Looking for the best deal on time clock software on the market? Look no further.
- Orbital Shift
- February 9, 2018
How to communicate effectively and other helpful leadership tools for employers.
- Orbital Shift
- February 1, 2018
Make your employees happy while also improving your bottom line.
- Orbital Shift
- December 14, 2017
The pros and cons of using the look-back measurement vs. monthly measurement method for ACA compliance.
- Orbital Shift
- November 16, 2017
The year is coming to an end, which means it’s time to look forward and ask, what will 2018 bring for the hotel and...
- Orbital Shift
- November 8, 2017
How employee scheduling software helps Buck's T-4 Lodge maintain a positive company culture...
- Orbital Shift
- November 1, 2017
The starter guide to SaaS integration...
- Orbital Shift
- October 26, 2017
Questions every business should ask when deciding if now is the time to buy...
- Orbital Shift
- October 12, 2017
The feature your employees have all been waiting for...
- Orbital Shift
- September 28, 2017
The products, services and tech trends that could revolutionize business in Montana...
- Orbital Shift
- September 20, 2017
Two key factors helped him make a decision...
- Orbital Shift
- September 19, 2017
Accurate time and attendance tracking for every shift...
- Orbital Shift
- September 12, 2017
Got scheduling questions? We’ve got answers in our new, easily accessible Help Center.
- Orbital Shift
- September 11, 2017
We're back with some new features...
- Orbital Shift
- August 16, 2017
The story of Missoula's favorite beer and wine shop - from 1883 to today.
- Orbital Shift
- August 8, 2017
How one Montana resort is using tech to streamline its business practices in a significant way.
- Orbital Shift
- August 2, 2017
Never let a late-night text wake you up again.
- Orbital Shift
- July 25, 2017
Become a better business person in 20 minutes or less with these life-changing TED Talks.
- Orbital Shift
- July 18, 2017
A testimonial that shows why Orbital Shift is the best scheduling and time clock software for grocery.
- Orbital Shift
- July 17, 2017
Never be understaffed and over budget again.
- Orbital Shift
- July 10, 2017
It's not as hard as you might think.
- Orbital Shift
- June 30, 2017
It's the one ingredient you won't find on the Starky's menu.
- Orbital Shift
- June 28, 2017
Don't want to deal with a full-blown employee revolt? Follow these simple steps for more effective employee scheduling.
- Orbital Shift
- June 26, 2017
Rockford Coffee helps caffeinate the people of Bozeman. Orbital Shift helps caffeinate Rockford Coffee.
- Orbital Shift
- June 22, 2017
Who better to serve your human customers than other humans?
- Orbital Shift
- June 19, 2017
How Orbital Shift has been helping Bozeman Community Food Co-op managers rest easy for over five years.
- Orbital Shift
- June 16, 2017
Beware the stampedes of beer-crazed customers hyped up on American patriotism.
- Orbital Shift
- June 13, 2017
We’ve got big things happening here at Orbital Shift.
- Orbital Shift
- June 12, 2017
From the rise in online shopping to reaching un-engaged millennials, the grocery industry must face a new set of...
- Orbital Shift
- June 9, 2017
You don't have to be a superhero to save the office - you just have to dress like one.
- Orbital Shift
- June 7, 2017
For the first time in over four decades, the way we receive email is about to change. It's probably time for us to...
- Orbital Shift
- May 31, 2017
Serving as Director of Engineering, Ken Ingle brings more than 20 years of experience with Microsoft, iTrade Network...
- Orbital Shift
- May 30, 2017
One of the biggest - and most expensive - challenges a manager faces is retaining hourly employees.
- Orbital Shift
- May 25, 2017
Managing a business of any size is difficult, but Orbital Shift is dedicated to making it easier.
- Orbital Shift
- May 23, 2017
Five ways switching to online scheduling software will help your company.
- Orbital Shift
- May 19, 2017
This week, we released an update that optimizes the look of our software interface. The new look, however, did not...
- Orbital Shift
- May 17, 2017
In business, not all employees are created equal.
- Orbital Shift
- April 27, 2017
‘Best Little Big Store in Town; Little Store Personality, Big Store Variety'
- Orbital Shift
- April 24, 2017
A Senior Marketing and Strategic Executive at Microsoft for More than 25 Years, Danford is Now a Board Member and...
- Orbital Shift
- March 13, 2017
One of the most important functions of any human resources department is keeping up with employment law and adjusting...
- Orbital Shift
- February 8, 2017
New Today: Experienced Restaurant Entrepreneur and Technology Sales Executive, Travis Collins, To Lead Global Sales...
- Orbital Shift
- November 28, 2016
The impact of employee tardiness on a business is detrimental to many aspects of the company: from decreasing employee...
- Orbital Shift
- November 15, 2016
New Today: Successful Closing of a $1.25 Million Strategic Round of Investment, Led by Next Frontier Capital, Will Help...
- Orbital Shift
- October 27, 2016
It's hard to know how to prevent employee burnout in a way that's best for your organization, but employee happiness is...
- Orbital Shift
- October 6, 2016
In the fast-paced world we live in, every second counts. For managers and business owners in many industries, this...
- Orbital Shift
- September 30, 2016
Business owners can, and should, cultivate a workplace that values time management. Here are some tips for business...
- Orbital Shift
- September 19, 2016
If you currently utilize our software at Orbital Shift, you know that we continuously strive to provide new, efficient...
- Orbital Shift
- September 9, 2016
Who doesn't love a good movie? One of our favorite guilty pleasures is "Armageddon", a 1998 story about a group of...
- Orbital Shift
- September 7, 2016
How much are you missing out on business by not following SaaS pricing best practices? What could your revenues be if...
- Orbital Shift
- September 5, 2016
At Orbital Shift, we developed our software to not only provide a solution for existing challenges in the workplace,...
- Orbital Shift
- September 1, 2016
Behind every prosperous business is a team of motivated employees that value the success of the company. Employee...
- Orbital Shift
- August 22, 2016
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commonly known as Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is...
- Orbital Shift
- August 17, 2016
In the service industry, there are many different tactics and techniques that can be utilized to increase employees'...
- Orbital Shift
- August 15, 2016
Consistently high rates of turnover can cost your company a lot of money and time. The most well-known problem caused...
- Orbital Shift
- August 12, 2016
Cloud-based systems are common in almost every aspect of business, from email accounts to streaming feeds from security...
- Orbital Shift
- August 4, 2016
Sometimes it's best to learn from the greats. We've looked for top keys to success from all over the world, and decided...
- Orbital Shift
- August 2, 2016
Today, tech tools are essential for competing in the 21st century! But sometimes the cost of new hardware systems put...
- Orbital Shift
- July 26, 2016
Scheduling software can make it easy to know you have the right amount of people for each shift or are deploying the...
- Orbital Shift
- June 27, 2016
We'll be the first to admit it: Employee time tracking software isn't the first thing most businesses think of when...
- Orbital Shift
- May 26, 2016
The Obama administration’s overtime law, updating the federal wage and overtime standards, has been signed and will go...
- Orbital Shift
- May 10, 2016
Companies that pay some or all of their employees by the hour have the option to keep track of time worked in 1, 5, 10...
- Orbital Shift
- May 3, 2016
An autocratic, authoritative management style no longer works for motivating the modern employee. It takes a little...
- Orbital Shift
- April 28, 2016
With any web-based software, there is always the chance that unexpected service interruptions occur. This can lead to...
- Orbital Shift
- March 28, 2016
Employee scheduling and time tracking can be burdensome processes. However, the failure to manage either one...
- Orbital Shift
- February 17, 2016
Are spiraling labor costs having a negative impact on your company’s bottom line?
- Orbital Shift
- August 15, 2014
Paul McCartney Concert Staff Uses Web-Based Time Clock from Missoula Company.
- Orbital Shift
- August 14, 2014
Montana Software Company Records Hours for 350 Workers!
- Orbital Shift
- August 13, 2014
SaaS utilization among SMBs is now nearly 50%!
- Orbital Shift
- July 17, 2014
If you're doing this, we guarantee you're losing money.
- Orbital Shift
- June 25, 2014
Take control over your largest business expense!
- Orbital Shift
- June 19, 2014
Effective communication in the workplace is the foundation for productive environments, is central to a customer driven...
- Orbital Shift
- February 4, 2014
Areas of waste in workforce management are not always obvious.
- Orbital Shift
- May 22, 2013
Orbital Shift is revolutionizing the 100-year-old scheduling and workforce management industry by putting their time...
- Orbital Shift
- May 15, 2013
We were startled when we heard that 97 percent of mobile subscribers will read a text message within the first four...
- Orbital Shift
- April 18, 2013
The college students could be difficult to pin down.