Welcome to SocialSchedules! If you're joining us through Genius Restaurant POS, you're just a few minutes away from being up and running.
After you sign up through your reseller's website, you'll connect your Genius Restaurant account. This keeps your data in sync between the two systems, so you can take full advantage of SocialSchedules' scheduling, timecard management, payroll, and compliance tools from day one.
Step 1: Connect your Genius account
Navigate to your reseller's website and click on the Sign up button.
Enter your Genius API key, then select Get started. This links your Genius Restaurant POS account to SocialSchedules so your employees and positions can start syncing automatically.
Not sure where to find your API key? Select How do I find my API key? on the same screen for step-by-step instructions.
Step 2: Confirm your business details
Once the API key is entered successfully, the screen will display the business name and address sourced from Genius. Review these details, then select Next to confirm they're correct.
If you have multiple locations, each one needs to be set up separately. This can be done from inside SocialSchedules once your account is created. Navigate to Settings > Integrations > Point of Sales > Genius for Restaurants and follow the steps.
Step 3: Create your account
Next, enter your name, email address, and a password, then select Create account. These are your personal sign-in details for SocialSchedules — not your Genius credentials — so use an email and password you'll remember for logging in going forward.
Once your account is created, SocialSchedules will start importing your workers, positions, and timecards from Genius. This usually takes about a minute — keep the page open until it finishes.
Step 4: Start using SocialSchedules
That's it — your SocialSchedules account is set up, and your employees, positions, and timecards are all synced from Genius. You're ready to take full advantage of everything SocialSchedules has to offer.
Here's where to go next:
When your account was synced, all employees were added into a single default department. Simply start creating shifts and publishing the schedule for your employees to view!
Don't forget to invite your employees to SocialSchedules. On the mobile app, they'll be able to view their shifts, get shift reminders, swap or drop shifts, chat with the team, and access on-demand pay.
Timecards are synced bi-directionally between Genius and SocialSchedules.
As employees clock-in and clock-out on the POS, completed timecards are sent to SocialSchedules. These can then be reviewed, and any edits made will be synced back to Genius.
Set up your compliance rules — like overtime and break requirements — so SocialSchedules can automatically track them for you. This keeps you compliant with labor laws without any manual tracking, and flags issues before they turn into costly penalties.
Want to make your life even easier?
Add payroll
Ready to turn those synced timecards into payroll too? Here's how to get started:
1. Navigate to Settings > Integrations > Payroll
2. Select Get started
3. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the basic payroll details. Our team will then be in touch to walk through next steps, including migrating data from your previous payroll provider, if needed.
Add tip management
Tired of spending hours calculating tip pools by hand? Try our tip management solution — tips sync directly from Genius for Restaurants, so you can set up your tip pools to distribute tips exactly as you see fit, whether that's by percentage, equal shares, or hours worked.
Chat with us bottom right to enable tip management.