How do you schedule weekend shifts at your community?

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Trae Harding
6 years 7 months ago - 6 years 7 months ago #19363 by Trae Harding
Good afternoon, our company is researching industry practices in regards to working weekend hours. Are any of your organizations scheduling weekends in an "outside the box" way? Currently we have the standard Saturday and Sunday hours but are exploring making changes. Thanks in advance!
6 years 7 months ago - 6 years 7 months ago #19363 by Trae Harding
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Scott Gilpatrick
6 years 7 months ago #19365 by Scott Gilpatrick
Replied by Scott Gilpatrick on topic How do you schedule weekend shifts at your community?
If the 60 day trend is 90 or above, we close Sundays
6 years 7 months ago #19365 by Scott Gilpatrick
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Michelle Bevan Fox
6 years 7 months ago #19366 by Michelle Bevan Fox
Replied by Michelle Bevan Fox on topic How do you schedule weekend shifts at your community?
95% or above closed on Sunday but always open Saturday
6 years 7 months ago #19366 by Michelle Bevan Fox
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Rebecca Slater
6 years 7 months ago #19367 by Rebecca Slater
Replied by Rebecca Slater on topic How do you schedule weekend shifts at your community?
We're open Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 1-5 always.
6 years 7 months ago #19367 by Rebecca Slater
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Michelle Bevan Fox
6 years 7 months ago #19368 by Michelle Bevan Fox
Replied by Michelle Bevan Fox on topic How do you schedule weekend shifts at your community?
We also will stay open late on a Thursday till 8 for residents
6 years 7 months ago #19368 by Michelle Bevan Fox
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Rebecca Slater
6 years 7 months ago #19369 by Rebecca Slater
Replied by Rebecca Slater on topic How do you schedule weekend shifts at your community?
We stay late til 7 on Wednesdays too
6 years 7 months ago #19369 by Rebecca Slater
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Mike Whaling
6 years 7 months ago #19370 by Mike Whaling
42% of leads across all of our clients come in outside of regular weekday office hours, so you’re missing business if you’re not open at those times.

One way to ease into it: Open on weekends by appointment only, then offer the ability for prospects to schedule their tour appointments online. There are a number of vendors that offer the online tour scheduling feature now.
6 years 7 months ago #19370 by Mike Whaling
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Nichole Granquist
6 years 7 months ago #19371 by Nichole Granquist
Replied by Nichole Granquist on topic How do you schedule weekend shifts at your community?
We’re open 10-4 Saturday’s, and 11-4 on Sunday’s.
6 years 7 months ago #19371 by Nichole Granquist
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Angela Schmitz
6 years 7 months ago #19372 by Angela Schmitz
Replied by Angela Schmitz on topic How do you schedule weekend shifts at your community?
We are open Sundays and pay our staff time and a half for that day. So, open 4 hours, get paid for 6.
6 years 7 months ago #19372 by Angela Schmitz
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Anonymous
6 years 7 months ago #19373 by Anonymous
Saturdays 1-5 if our occupancy is below 95%, closed Sundays
6 years 7 months ago #19373 by Anonymous
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Kristen Schultz
6 years 7 months ago #19374 by Kristen Schultz
Replied by Kristen Schultz on topic How do you schedule weekend shifts at your community?
We are open normal hours on Saturday from 9 to 6 and Sunday's noon to 5. It's not just about prospects but residents as well and their availability to contact us. We do have an office that starts at 10 on sundays but that's just to clear leads and paperwork before opening
6 years 7 months ago #19374 by Kristen Schultz
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Eric Brown
6 years 7 months ago #19375 by Eric Brown
We are Open for Business 7Days a Week Urbane Apartments, 8:00AM to 8:00PM Mon-Thu and 9:00AM-6:00PM Fri, Sat and Sun These have been our hours since we started our business in 2001, We are Open for Business when our competitors aren't. Our Prospects do OnLine Self Scheduling Tours
6 years 7 months ago #19375 by Eric Brown
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Jody Williams
6 years 7 months ago #19376 by Jody Williams
Replied by Jody Williams on topic How do you schedule weekend shifts at your community?
Sat 9-5, Sunday 1-5 and were off 2 full days that week.
6 years 7 months ago #19376 by Jody Williams
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Denise Spencer
6 years 7 months ago #19377 by Denise Spencer
Replied by Denise Spencer on topic How do you schedule weekend shifts at your community?
I believe and have believed for MANY YEARS our Industry is in need of a shift for week-end hours!!!
SEVERAL REASONS.
I Suggest:
1-5 'BOTH' Sat&Sun
OR
Sat 12-5 & Sun CLOSED

1. gives you more days with a full team...MORE Productive and Creates a culture of TEAM UNITY!!
2. Sustain our SALES/Leasing person(s)Positive Attitude
3. stay OPEN from 6-7pm for Residents ONLY...Monday thru Thursday...Resident appreciation and RETENTION!
6 years 7 months ago #19377 by Denise Spencer
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6 years 7 months ago #19381 by Brandy Grimmer
We are closed on Sunday and open Saturdays 9-3 The office can be very busy or very slow. It's a hit-or-miss situation. Our VP of Property Management has decided to have the Assistant Managers, of all our properties, to be scheduled to work Saturdays. We will see how this works. As a Leasing Consultant, I prefer to work Saturdays. It's nice to have more quiet times with the residents and prospects, because of less people in the office.
Some of our smaller properties are only open on the weekends by appointment only.
6 years 7 months ago #19381 by Brandy Grimmer
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Gus Boukarroum
6 years 7 months ago #19441 by Gus Boukarroum
Replied by Gus Boukarroum on topic How do you schedule weekend shifts at your community?
I agree with Brandy! To reduce employee burn out, close your office on Sundays. This will give your employees a full day of rest and will make them more productive the following week!
6 years 7 months ago #19441 by Gus Boukarroum