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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
Training Manager Use of Jolt
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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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(1-25 of 25)Doggone happy with Jolt!
- Time management and tracking of daily employee productivity.
- Allows for instructional data to be added to all our checklists, audits, etc to provide hands on training all the time!
- Ease of use. It's a breeze to create new lists and use the lists already created
- Mobility- my staff is on the go and being able to grab an iPad at the beginning of their shift and take it with them through the day completing tasks and allowing for more autonomy in our work force
- Versatile. Can be use for simple list down to more complex guides and checklists with calculations and scoring.
- Make the addition of media a little easier. Specifically video upload/embedding file types
- More ability to customize the look of the lists when populated. More formatting options
- Allow for certain log book notes to remain private and not viewable by all employees. We use Jolt for employee quizzes and reviews and don't want all staff to see log book notes, so we just don't use them much.
JOLT ALL THE WAY!!
- Reporting
- Notifications
- Sometimes the app freezes
- sometimes it doesn't sync correctly from the device where the checklist was done so on reporting side, it seems as if it wasn't completed.
Temperature monitoring has been a big positive for us
- Easy to use
- great customer service
- reliable temp sensors
- Making the setup more intutive on the app or website
- better follow up after a purchase is made to see if everything worked out
Great product saves $$$
- Customer Service
- Product Development
Training Manager Use of Jolt
- Logs temperatures
- Syncs quickly
- User friendly
- Customer service
- Website management
- Connectivity
Effective solutions for food service labeling & temperature monitoring
- Easy-to-use stickers/labeling
- Reliable and cost-effective temperature monitoring
- Strong relationship management
- Having all elements of their software "talk" to each other (alerts in Logbook, for example)
- Support hold/response times can sometimes be long
Labeling (1x1 stickers) - time/date, expiration, product variety (think cost-effective for differentiating box meal offerings, etc.)
Checklist management (opening, closing, routine tasks, mock evaluations, etc.)
Jolt Review: Useful, helpful, but . . .
The app is used on our Kindles as well. We have at least one Kindle at each of our locations, and the benefits we have seen include team members staying on task with less supervision. We do hope for more optimization with the Kindle tablets as they are cheaper than iPads and handle wear and tear better.
- The print station, though pricey, is very effective and does not require resyncing or rebooting of [the] printer.
- Feedback on reports.
- Customer service Mon-Fri.
- Scheduling. There are several ideas written on the suggestion board with many comments and feedback, but no work appears to be in progress. Namely, blacking out days that cannot be requested off and having closing schedules say "closing" instead of a specific time like 10 pm or 11 pm.
- iPads work really well, but Jolt is already pricey. [It] would be awesome if Kindles worked close to iPads. [I] do not expect the same performance but would appreciate consistency. [The] print station really helps but [is] more money.
- Jolt understands the need for having roles. But does not give you the ability to give those roles specific, meaningful access. For example, if shift leads and above were the only people who were allowed to swipe the list. Or, if certain employees were on probation before taking a picture, it required "permission." A pin from upper management. It would help hold the team members accountable, including the management who signed off on the list.
Love using Jolt at my restaurant
- Printing labels or day dots
- Offering a variety of ways to customize your lists
- Reports and graphs of all of your lists, temperatures, and anything else you track with Jolt
- The log in and out button for each employee was confusing to find at first.
The best digital food safety software provider!
- Business/exec support
- Transition/onboarding
- Customer support and response time
- Offering more training tailored to our time zone
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
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 Review
- 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
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
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.
Jolt Review
- 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.
I have been researching companies in this space for 5 years and Jolt is the only company that has been able to provide a solution for all the problems we were looking to solve. On top of that, their Dev Team was willing to work with us on solutions that would improve our experience.
- Multifaceted Solutions: temperature sensors for food service, Digital Walks for any other business. You can take Jolt's tools and customize them to improve your business, give you better insights into your company, and make changes and improvements faster.
- Customer Support: I'm being sincere in saying that I haven't worked with a better group of people who were seriously committed to my Company's success.
- Constantly Improving: The company is continually moving forward with features that add to their current solutions and improve them.
- Pricing: You aren't going to find better pricing on the software or the hardware.
- Development Sprints: They are always improving, but the speed to the deployment of features could be faster.
- Customization: The Dashboard is solid, but being able to brand the back end to look more like my company would help me gain buy-in from all department heads and help integrate Jolt further into the company.
Great Product that I wouldn't want to go without!
- Scheduling - Employees can request off or put unavailable times in Jolt and when you make the schedule it is on the schedule in yellow so you can try to schedule around them.
- List - You can set list to show up at certain time and days. You can have other list show up depending on the answers from another list. And you can have emails and text sent when the list is complete, or is not complete, or send depending on the results.
- Customer Service - If you ever have any questions customer service is there not only to just answer your question but help you set up your account so it fits your needs best.
- Communication - If you do not use their time card feature there isn't a good way to tell the staff things without sending a text or email. And if you want them to see something you can't attach an image.
- Past Schedules - If you make a schedule and someone doesn't show up and so you move that shift to someone to cover there is no way of going back and seeing who had it first.
- Jolt checklists help our team stay organized and divide up tasks for completion.
- Jolt date labels are a fast and easy way to put date stickers on prepped food.
- Jolt scheduling makes the process of creating an employee schedule very easy and simple.
- I currently don't see any problems with Jolt, I love it!
Joltastic!
- Food Safety - Time and temp feature with blue tooth monitoring.
- Checklists- Line check and cleaning and task checklists.
- Customer service - The support and customer service is some of the best I have experienced.
- Global management- I feel like there could be a better way to bring some things together more to manage more efficiently at the global level for better accountability.
- Reporting- It's great but could be wonky in some aspects.
Take away our Jolt platform and portions of our business will suffer, without question.
- Employee scheduling and shift management: Seamless platform to schedule our employees. Once employees have shifts assigned, they own and manage their shifts according in regard to shift-swaps, shift releases and shift pick-ups.
- Date Labeling of Food Items: We print the desired food item and the food expiration time-stamp is known immediately. The label is attached to the food item container and the guess-work no longer exists.
- Label Templates: Fully customizable label features: We can customize and design our own label templates.
- Temp Log Platform: The platform is easy to utilize and input food and equipment temps. However, if not prompt to enter temps at the exact time needed, the window expires and cannot go back and plug the values in. Kills on the audit. We since created a manually paper log.
Jolt for life
- Prints food and smoothie labels with dates on when they need to be thrown out.
- Allows me to make a quick precise schedule while continually keeping things saved.
- Has all information of employees for quick access.
- When doing schedule having an add in for lunch breaks.
- Syncing work numbers to phone.
- When I’m in a rush and need to print labels.
- Not convenient when you need to add a second shift to a person's schedule.