Program Works Launches Extensive Revamp of WorkSchedule.Net
UCF Business Incubation client adds security, features to one of the first online employee scheduling programs
Winter Springs, Fla. (February 10, 2022) — One of the keys to any technology is staying up to date with constant changes and improvements over time.
For Program Works, the developer and operator of WorkSchedule.Net, that includes launching a major revamp, partnering with one of the nation’s top security firms and adding new features for its enterprise system.
“We’ve been working on this revamp for more than five years as it is extensive and essential for the continued growth of the company,” says Robert Catron, owner and founder of Program Works. “We wanted to make sure the newest version of our technology was simpler, more intuitive, and more secure. I’m confident it is. Twenty years of customer feedback went into it.”
WorkSchedule.Net was launched by Program Works in 2000 to serve an unfulfilled niche for easy-to-use online employee scheduling services. At the time, it was one of the first online employee scheduling systems, but over the past 20 years, companies have more and more options.
Still, multiple major companies including national cable news networks, emergency medical services, home health care services, police and security services, and more utilize WorkSchedule.Net.
The employee scheduling and time tracking platform features an advanced calendar editor that allows easy modification of multiple shifts at once, sorting three levels deep, drag and drop, time zone translation, and much more.
Administrators can create their own customer shift properties to track. Built-in AI makes sure the schedule is built and adjusted within given schedule policies, like skill or location qualifications, employee availability, maximum daily or weekly hours, and shift separation.
Paid time off is blocked off on the schedule using a simple request/approval system that also tracks the balances of allowed days off. Employees’ time worked can be tracked via an online time clock or digital time sheets.
Today, the newest version includes a significant upgrade to the interface and adds in a new mobile app that has all the functionality of the standard application. Plus, the company has partnered with California-based DuploCloud to rebuild their entire network to make it faster, more secure, highly available, and fully SOC-2/ISO compliant.
“We believe with these improvements, we will be truly providing the most robust scheduling program on the market today,” Catron says. “In addition, the new platform is much better designed as a springboard for the many planned future enhancements on our roadmap.”
The beta version of the new WorkSchedule.Net, version 9, was quietly launched last May, but is now being featured on the new web site that was updated on February 1. It is anticipated the beta test period for the new version will be complete in May, though that could be extended through June.
New or current customers can start a separate version 9 beta company account now, and existing customers will be able to migrate their data from the old version to the new one starting later this month, when it’s convenient for them.
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For more information please contact:
Robert Catron, WorkSchedule.net, 866-846-3123 x817, rob.catron@workschedule.net
Rafael Caamano, UCF Business Incubation Program, 407-408-4297 rafael.caamano@ucf.edu
Alan Byrd, Alan Byrd & Associates, 407-415-8470, alan@byrdconnections.com
About Program Works
Program Works was founded in 1998 as a software development and consulting company. In 2000, the WorkSchedule.Net service was created to serve an unfulfilled niche for innovative, easy-to-use online employee scheduling services. Over the last decade the web application has been improved, expanded, and enhanced, and now provides thousands of customers with time-saving innovative employee scheduling and attendance solutions with efficiency and reliability in real time. For more information, please visit www.workschedule.net.
About the UCF Business Incubation Program:
The University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program is a community resource that provides early-stage companies with the tools, training and infrastructure to become financially stable, high growth/impact enterprises. Since 1999, this award-winning program has provided vital business development resources resulting in over 300 local startup companies reaching their potential faster and graduating into the community where they continue to grow and positively impact the local economy.
With seven facilities throughout the region, the UCF Business Incubation Program is an economic development partnership between the University of Central Florida, the Corridor, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia Counties, and the cities of Kissimmee, Orlando and Winter Springs. For the 2017/2018 fiscal years, the activities of these participating firms have helped to sustain more than 6,725 local jobs and have had a cumulative impact of over $725 million on regional GDP and over $1.3 billion on regional sales. During the same period, the program has returned more than $12.00 in state and local taxes for every $1.00 invested in the program. In addition, for every $1.00 of public investment the firms also produced $118 of additional regional GDP and $226 of regional sales. For more information, visit www.incubator.ucf.edu.
