How Animalerie Dyno Transformed Staff Scheduling with Evolia

Introduction

• 150 employees
• 9 stores
• 8 to 10 hours saved per week

Founded in 1992 by passionate animal lover and dog breeder André Rodrigue, Animalerie Dyno is a family-run pet store. With over 9 branches in Quebec, Animalerie Dyno owes its success to the specialized service offered by its dedicated team of employees and its openness in adapting to the evolving times.

As strong advocates of animal rescue, the team at Animalerie Dyno found a home for hundreds of abandoned cats and kittens. To this day, they continue to spread the message of the importance of adopting pets in need.

The Challenge

Constant scheduling changes

For long-time HR manager of 18 years, Nadine Côté, dealing with the constant scheduling changes that undermine retail was no easy feat. Schedules and leave requests were processed manually either by hand or on an Excel spreadsheet for each store. Additionally, managers had to calculate employee
hours for payroll every week.

Complexity in manual management

The complexity of dealing with manual changes for employee availability, payroll, leave requests and matching employee skillset to certain shifts was a never-ending headache.

Difficulty in reaching employees

Add to that the difficulty of reaching employees when they needed to be replaced and having to wait around for confirmation became a serious time-waster.

The Solution

Switch from Excel to Evolia!

Once Nadine and her team made the switch from Excel to Evolia, they were able to lessen their manual workload by up to 8 to 10 hours per week. Managers were able to modify schedules easily and employees submitted their shift requests directly on the platform.

Real-time communication

With shift notifications being sent directly to their employees’ phones, a lot less calls were made for handling replacements. Real-time communication between employees took place on the platform.

Automated features

As for payroll? Manually compiling and calculating every employee’s hours became a thing of the past. Evolia’s automated timesheet and punch features took care of it for them by saving up to 10 hours a week on their workload. For Nadine Côté and her team at Animalerie Dyno, time was spent building the business instead!