Six Degrees — Roster Review Pack (for venue manager)
Context
A one-page summary of six weeks of rostered/worked hours (Tanda) crossed with daily sales (PowerEPOS), 27 Apr – 7 Jun 2026. Written for the venue manager conversation — the numbers raise questions; they don't make decisions. Nothing changes without your input.
Detail
What the data shows, in plain terms
- The weekly roster is essentially identical every week — about 1,580 hours and ~250
shifts, week in week out — while takings move a lot (best week $57k, slowest $39.8k). The roster looks copied forward rather than built from expected trade.
- **Wednesdays and Thursdays carry nearly as many hours as Saturday but take a third of
the money.** Six-week averages:
| Day | Hours rostered | Takings | $ taken per rostered hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | ~258 h | ~$4,000 | $15.72 |
| Thursday | ~259 h | ~$3,900 | $15.09 |
| Saturday | ~238 h | ~$11,600 | $48.82 |
In six weeks, Wednesday never beat $21/hour and Thursday never beat $19/hour. Saturday runs on fewer hours than either.
- Monday and Sunday rosters look right — light crews (~135–140 h) and solid
$-per-hour. Friday is up and down week to week but broadly earns its big roster.
The questions only you can answer
- What do the Wed/Thu hours cover that the till doesn't show? Prep for the weekend,
functions/events billed on other days, deliveries, deep cleans, training?
- Are there minimum-staffing or skills constraints (e.g. one chef + one duty manager
regardless of trade) that put a floor under quiet days?
- Is mid-week trade expected to lift (bookings, functions pipeline, seasonal events)
that the last six weeks don't reflect?
If the answers are "no, mid-week is just quiet"
- The indicative opportunity is up to ~190 hours/week if Wed+Thu matched Tuesday's
$-per-hour at current takings — in practice a smaller, safer trim phased over a few rosters would prove the point without service risk.
- Protect Sunday's light-but-strong pattern and Saturday's crew — they're the benchmark,
not the problem.
Actions
- Manager + Kom: 20-minute review of this page; capture answers to the three questions above.
- If trims are agreed: pilot on TWO Wednesdays first, watch service + sales, then revisit.
- Aspire side: per-team (kitchen/floor/bar) breakdown lands once the Tanda
department
scope is enabled — that will show where in the day/teams the spare hours sit.
Provenance
Summarised from labour-vs-sales (full method + tables there). Aggregate hours and takings only — no individual staff data, no wages.
Related
- labour-vs-sales — the full 6-week analysis
- staffing-pattern — weekly shift-count shape
- staff-directory — current team