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What is Jolt?
Jolt is a task and workforce management, with time & attendance, remote (selfie) login, scheduling, and simple tasking tools, from the company of the same name in Provo, Utah; useful for small teams that could leverage frequent communication.
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Doggone happy with Jolt!
A Jolt of Energy for my business
New restauranter purchases Jolt to increase productivity.
JOLT ALL THE WAY!!
Temperature monitoring has been a big positive for us
Empowering Our Restaurant Team with Seamless Checklists
Great product saves $$$
Well worth the investment
A “Jolt” to my business
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My business runs on Jolt
Jolt saved us a boat load of money
Last night before closing I got a warning that the UT Wing Cooler …
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Jolt is a GREAT time saver
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What is Jolt?
Jolt is a task and workforce management, with time & attendance, remote (selfie) login, scheduling, and simple tasking tools, from the company of the same name in Provo, Utah; useful for small teams that could leverage frequent communication.
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What is Jolt?
Jolt is designed to solve the challenges that restaurant owners face, aiming to improve daily operations and food safety compliance. Powered by a digital checklist platform that features integrated kitchen hardware, corrective actions, and custom notifications, Jolt delivers individual employee accountability, visibility into store performance, and accurate food safety records. Over 15,000 customers in 50+ countries have leveraged Jolt to complete more than 1 Billion tasks.
Jolt Features
- Supported: Lists
- Supported: Labels
- Supported: Sensors
- Supported: Information Library
- Supported: Employee Scheduling
- Supported: Time Clock
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Jolt Competitors
- HotSchedules
- Deputy
- Zenput
- WhenIWork
- Squadle
Jolt Technical Details
Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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Operating Systems | Unspecified |
Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android |
Supported Languages | English, Spanish, Chinese |
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Jolt Customer Size Distribution
Consumers | 0% |
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Small Businesses (1-50 employees) | 40% |
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees) | 40% |
Enterprises (more than 500 employees) | 20% |
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Timely Reminders for Checklists: Several users have found the timely reminders for checklists helpful, with audible and visual alerts to ensure tasks are not missed. This feature has been praised for its effectiveness in improving task management and accountability.
Customized Text Message Confirmations for Audits: Many users appreciate the customized text message confirmations provided by Jolt for audits, as it offers valuable feedback and ensures accountability and compliance. This feature has been mentioned as a key tool in maintaining consistent audit processes.
Requirement of Photos as Visual Evidence: A number of users like the ability to require photos as visual evidence of completed tasks within Jolt. This feature deters false reporting and aids in compliance audits, ensuring accurate documentation and promoting transparency.
Wi-Fi Monitor: Occasional Offline Issues - Some users have mentioned that the Wi-Fi monitor for cooler temperatures occasionally goes offline, causing disruptions in temperature monitoring. This issue has been reported by multiple reviewers and can negatively impact the reliability of temperature tracking.
Device Management: Deletion and Re-Addition Required - Several reviewers have stated that devices often need to be deleted and re-added, requiring a new QR code for each new device. This process can be time-consuming and inconvenient, especially for businesses with a large number of devices to manage.
Global Management: Lack of Efficiency - Users feel that global management could be improved to bring all elements of the software together more efficiently, allowing for smoother operations across different aspects of their business. This includes better integration between various features and functions within the software platform.
Users recommend exploring Jolt for businesses as a way to consolidate various software applications and save money. They suggest using Jolt to create checklists and systematize business operations. Users also advise working with the customer service team to fulfill specific needs and taking the time to learn how to properly set up and use the software. Additionally, users recommend having multiple devices for easier use of Jolt and finding other businesses that use the software as a starting point for creating lists. To maximize the value from Jolt, users suggest speaking to another Jolt user to gain insights.
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(26-50 of 63)I wish I knew last year, what I know about Jolt now. This system has been a game change for our team.
- Timely reminders of when checklists need to be executed; The team is alerted audibly and visually when checklists are coming due or when they are past due.
- Customized text message confirmations when audits are completed/incomplete; This feedback closes the loop with the Management Team confirming the status of the required daily checklists/audits.
- Documented proof of completion through photos; Checklist questions/items can be setup to require photos to be taken as visual evidence that a task was completed. This adds a check-and-balance feature that deters pencil whipping tasks and eases the burden on the Management Team when it comes to auditing compliance and driving accountability.
- Remote printing from any device setup with Jolt; We have iPads throughout the restaurant communicating real-time information with various functions within the store. It is very convenient when a Team Member in one department can print on the device in front of them, while calling out to another Team Member to retrieve labels from the printer when on their way to assist with a job function.
- We would love to see a "favorites" icon that can be enabled for any label. We have dozens of labels specific to products/processes that are grouped within a multitude of categories. If one is not familiar with which category a label is stored, it requires the use of the search function in Jolt (which is definitely a nice feature and great time saver). However, we were able to create a category called "favorites" and duplicated our frequently used labels into this location for ease of access.
Jolt easy for use both managers and staff alike
- Task list are easily used
- Scheduling is easy, changing templates is a plus as business needs change
- Easy to publish or unpublish if shifts need adjusting
- Would like to see more than 1 week to do the schedule
Great solution that enables documented success
- LABELS: food safety always because shelf life is always to spec.
- CHECKLISTS: daily and recurring tasks always in front of leadership and the team - accountability to perform is extremely important.
- COMMUNICATION: message blasts ensure all get messages and they know it's from work. Information store provides for centralized, always available "tribal knowledge" which means knowledge is in the hands of all not a few.
- SENSORS: have saved much money and eliminated the headaches of failed refrigeration equipment. Great for health dept audits and more importantly Food Safety.
- TEMPERATURE PROBE: save time and money with electronic measuring, capturing, and workflow as it regards the multiple time daily task of taking food temps.
- Message Blasts would be better if attachments could be included.
- Information being searchable would make for a powerful knowledge-base.
- Removing the 300 character messsge length from Message Blast would be helpful.
- Having A=announcements available without the requirement of having to use the timekeeping system.
- Enhancing platform stability pertaining to Zebra printers would be appreciated.
- Sensor/hub communication stability can be improved.
- Sensor/hub communication distance can be improved.
Jolt works for us
- Custom lists for food safety that are easily adjusted.
- Creates a one-stop-shop for food safety and shift management.
- Easy to train employees. Jolt is easy to teach managers to use.
- The Jolt support team is a huge help.
- Manage sub-lists easier. We have so many sub-lists it is easy for managers to miss items.
- Create standard food safety reports - 60 days. We can always create additional reports if needed.
A great product that is getting better
Having migrated from a paper-based system many years ago it is difficult to see how we would manage with Jolt today. It is a critical part of our business.
- It makes the 270+ checks we do a day appear easy. It never feels like that many!
- It provides an instant real-time view of your business.
- It provides accountability from employees but also recognition.
- Highly configurable but also easy and intuitive.
- Staff Scheduling - still someway behind the class leaders.
- I genuinely can't think of anything else.
Bowl-O-Rama strikes it rich with Jolt!
Time recording with clock-in photo to verify employee's location. Jolt also interfaces with QuickBooks for payroll. The most valuable tool are shift lists. This ensures tasks are completed on each shift in a timely manner. Lists identify who actually completes each item on each list. Lists also allow employees to note deficiencies with previous shifts, needed material which generate emails to management. We use incident reporting, alcohol incident reporting, employee tardy - no show reporting. This stores records for HR purposes as well as regulatory inspections. (Health Department, Liquor Commission, etc.) We use the employee scheduling feature with ease. Employees are able to request time off or swap shifts on their own. Another valuable feature are the temperature sensors in all of our equipment. This sends text messages and emails when temps are out of range. Employee contact information is also available to selected users which allows ease of contact.
I'm sure I am missing other features that we use but am extremely satisfied with this most valuable service.
- We have created very detailed lists to ensure nothing gets forgotten or overlooked. This also helps with holding employees accountable for required duties.
- Temperature sensors have saved us from losing product when our cooler failed.
- Reports for employee issues, injury/incident reports and alcohol logs allow for reporting to authorities with detailed reports.
- QuickBooks interface saves considerable time each week.
- Time Clock feature requires employee to take photo of location when clocking in/out.
- I'm at a loss here. Technical support has always been there to assist. Usually user error.
Jolt is Cool
- Scheduling
- Checklists
- Proper Documentation
- Roles
- Can use for a large amount of employees.
- Can be laggy
- Looks like it was designed for older technology, but those are only looks.
Jolt your business into shape and see your employees exceed your expectations and improve overall operational efficiency.
- Employee notification of weekly work schedule.
- Team accountability.
- Operations tasks assignment and management notification.
- User friendly and intuitive for all level of employees.
- Easy setup and management.
- User friendly management reporting.
- Excellent technical support.
- Improved browser speed.
- Retime management reports.
Scheduling Made Easy
- Work schedules
- Time off requests
- Availability
- App lags in speed often.
- “Schedule” on the sidebar (on a laptop) would be nice to be able to see a couple of weeks at a time.
- The 2 scrolling bars on the right side of the screen are annoying!
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- Audit lists
- Videos
- Cleaning lists
- Scheduling
- Tracking training needs
- Tracking employee certifications
- Integrated employee thermometer for health check
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- Easy to use and set up
- Mobile
- Customizable to any business
- Faster Updates
- Ability to connect to payroll service
- Connectivity between time clock and checklists
Give your everyday a Jolt
- Tech Support on the ball with any problems brought to them.
- Compatibility with label printer makes for fast and convenient in restaurants.
- Ability to assign roles and lists to specific people.
- Notifications via email or text based on lists being completed, late, etc.
- When creating a new Content Group, all lists have to be remade manually.
- Label maker printer only works through 2.4 G wifi through the app despite being 5G capable.
- Syncing from iPad to iPad doesn't always work quickly if in iPad hadn't been used recently. There's no sync in the background.
JOLT! FIVE STARS!
- Great scheduling software
- Real time monitoring of refrigeration
- Create task lists
- Employee real time shift notification could use some kind of verification that it was sent
- Scheduling software integration with POS vendors
Easy peezy!
- Access to the schedule across many devices
- Automatic updates to the team
- Flexibility to add as many variations to job functions in real time
- Allow more flexibility for TimeOff function, now limited to minimum of before the week begins
- Allow training access on mobile devices
- Allow a 'sandbox' feature for creating an initial schedule
Jolt - Solving Restaurant Problems One by One
- "Use by" and "Expiration" labels
- Checklists
- Reports for tracking checklist completion rates
- Printer connectivity with iPad
We Jolted Up our Potential
- Storage of training videos
- Tracking of cooler and freezer temps with alerts for threshold variance
- Monitoring and reporting on daily/weekly activities
- Label printer software updates for better optimization
Operations Manager Review
- It is a good program, multi-faceted, and can be used for many things.
- It is easy to use once you get used to it.
- It seems easy to use now, but in the beginning I did not find the program very user friendly
- When creating new lists or editing an existing one, unless you are VERY proficient in JOLT, I found this very difficult, again the user friendly part. It just seems that the programmers are not thinking about this for a novice, only very eloquent pros
- Even now after I have created and edited lists it still seems difficult at times to navigate. Too many steps where the programmers think that the user 'should already know' how to do these steps.
- I suggest better tutorials or just ones that are easier to understand, I watched the same one like 10 times before I could understand where/what to click on.
We love Jolt!
- Easy to use
- Consistent
- Great support and training team
- I wish that the daily checklists would be emailed as a PDF file.
Love Jolt!
- Keeps the business organized with all the checklists and SOPs
- Great training tool
- Keeps employees responsible
- The process of adding photos into lists takes awhile. Takes multiple steps. It would be nice just to upload/drop a photo right into the item/list.
- Would be nice to add multiple photos into one item.
Jolt is a Time Saver!
- The scheduling piece of Jolt is very user friendly.
- The labeling system for food and beverage department has been a game changer for us.
- Jolt is very user friendly.
- Jolt tends to have a long load time when creating a new list item. For example, you click the plus button to add a new list and it will go to a loading screen for a minute our two before moving to the next screen. It does not give a time out error it just takes a bit to load. I find this tends to happen during normal business hours and not so much an issue when using it on nights and weekends.
- Jolt does not integrate with our payroll system, so we could not use the time keeping piece of Jolt. I believe this is more of an issue with the payroll system than an issue with Jolt.
Commercial bakery gets a JOLT of efficiency
- Very easy to set up.
- Extremely flexible/customizable.
- Simple to use considering all it does.
- Remote temperature monitoring.
- Wifi monitor for cooler temperatures goes offline occasionally.
- Would like to be able to remove lines from a log that are not always applicable rather than entering an N/A.
Recommend Jolt!
- Drop lists are an awesome addition to make records easier to navigate.
- Corrective action automation is also a great recent addition.
- The customer service is very helpful and responsive.
- Need a "if this, then that" feature that goes beyond the yes/no options.
- Would like the capability to upload pictures rather than having to take them at the time.
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- Customer support
- Environmentally efficient
- Easy to access
- There is not a consistent contact. We have had four representatives in 6 months.
- To update a list, it takes many steps and can take a long time to update.
The best all-in-one app to get your small business on track.
- Organization.
- Inventory.
- Cleanliness.
- Scheduling.
- Support team.
- Time clock.
- Initial set-up time.
- Maintenance and upkeep.
- Organization.
- Inventory tracking.
- Scheduling/time cards.
- Employee evaluations.
- Training documents.
- Incident reports.
- Day to day operations.
- Employee discipline.
Jolt lives up to the needs of the restaurant business
- Product labeling.
- Staff scheduling.
- Instructional information.
- Staff communications.
- Reporting and analysis.
- Integration with our POS system.