For Operations & Location Managers

Location manager software that fits on a phone.

Good location manager software gets out of your way. You run a floor, a shop, a clinic or a dining room, not an HR department. Netchex puts timecards, schedules, time off and new hires in one app, so approvals take a minute and payroll gets clean hours the first time.

NX Netchex · Manager · TodaySample view
Store 14 · Tuesday
Pay period closes Friday
11 of 14 timecards approved
Missed punch1 to fix
Time-off requests2 pending
Daily hours alertsNone today
New hire paperworkComplete

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Where it breaks

You inherited HR tasks nobody trained you for

Most managers pick up HR work the same way: a stack of paper, a text thread and a Friday deadline. Here’s where it usually falls apart.

Missed punches found at payroll

A cook forgets to clock out on Saturday. Nobody notices until payroll on Monday, and now you’re chasing a correction instead of running the shift.

Approvals that need a desk

If approving time or time off means finding a computer, it waits until the end of the day. Or the end of the week.

PTO balances nobody trusts

An employee says she has 20 hours. The spreadsheet says 12. You’re the one who has to settle it.

Hiring that stalls at the application

Long applications send good hourly candidates somewhere else. Then you’re short on a Friday night.

Paperwork that lands on you

I-9s, tax forms and handbook signatures often end up with the store manager. Nobody can say which ones are finished.

There’s a lighter way to do this

One system, on a phone, with everything a manager does in one place.

How it works

Location manager software that handles the paperwork

Three jobs take most of a manager’s admin time. Here’s what changes for each.

Time and approvals

Catch the bad punch before it reaches payroll.

Employees punch from a phone, a kiosk or a badge reader, with geofencing and facial recognition where you need them. You get alerts when a break runs long or a day goes over the limit, and you can approve timecards without needing full edit access.

  • Punch by mobile, kiosk, badge, geofence or facial recognition
  • Extended break and daily hours alerts
  • Approve timecards from the mobile app
See Time & Attendance
NX Netchex · TimecardsSample view
Dana R. · TueApproved
Luis M. · SatMissed clock-out
Priya K. · MonBreak ran long
Tom B. · TueApproved
Scheduling and time off

Build a schedule that already knows who’s off.

Scheduler warns you when a shift conflicts with approved time off, and attendance rules apply on their own. Time-off requests follow rules you set, and PTO balances come from the same system payroll uses.

  • Warnings when a shift conflicts with approved time off
  • Auto-approval rules for time-off requests
  • A warning before anyone goes into a negative PTO balance
See Scheduler
NX Netchex · SchedulerSample view
Fri dinner · 2 open shiftsNeeds cover
Sat brunch · fully staffedCovered
Sun close · 1 time-off conflictReview
Mon open · fully staffedCovered
Hiring and onboarding

Get a new hire from yes to first shift without a paper trail.

Hourly candidates can apply by text message. Once someone accepts, the offer, tax forms, I-9 and handbook sign-off run as one checklist, and the record lands in payroll without anyone retyping it.

  • Apply by text in a few minutes
  • One onboarding checklist for every new hire
  • No re-entry into payroll
See Hiring & Onboarding
NX Netchex · New hire · Sam T.Sample view
Offer acceptedDone
Tax forms and I-9Done
Handbook sign-offIn progress
First shift scheduledNext
Built for the floor

What managers get without learning HR

Punch methods that fit the job

Kiosk, mobile, badge, geofence and facial recognition, so the method matches the work.

Break and hours alerts

Know when a break runs long or a day goes over the limit, while you can still do something about it.

Time off handled by rules

Accruals, blackout dates and auto-approval rules run in the background.

Approvals without full edit access

Managers can review and approve timecards without being able to edit everything.

AskHR answers the routine questions

Employees get answers from your own policies, so they ask the system first and you second.

One app for the whole team

Employees, managers and admins punch, request and approve from the same mobile app.

Time back

What managers get back

3-5 hrs

Saved per manager per week with Scheduler

67%

Fewer shift no-shows

8x

More likely to convert with Text-to-Apply

1 day

Time-to-hire with onboarding automation, down from 3 weeks

16 hrs

Of HR admin saved per week, guaranteed

Support

When it breaks on a Saturday, you call a person.

  • A dedicated Implementation Manager during setup, then a dedicated Account Manager
  • A US-based, APA-certified service team
  • Support and your account manager reachable inside the platform
4.8/5

Customer satisfaction (CSAT)

90%

Of service calls answered in under a minute

90%

First-call resolution

8.9/10

G2 Quality of Support score

“Netchex has the best support of any service provider I’ve ever worked with. There aren’t any hoops to jump through with Netchex support.”

Mary Lang, Accounting and Financial Control Director, Atlanta Air Charter, Inc.
Questions

Questions managers ask

Can I approve timecards and time off from my phone?
Yes. Managers can review and approve timecards and time-off requests in the Netchex mobile app, and approving timecards doesn’t require full edit access. Employees punch and submit requests from the same app, so approvals stop waiting for someone to get back to a desk.
How do I catch missed punches before payroll runs?
Punch requests and timecard exceptions come to you for approval while the pay period is still open. Alerts also flag breaks that run long and days that go over your hours limit. You fix the problem on Tuesday instead of finding it in Monday’s payroll.
What stops employees from clocking in for each other?
Netchex supports kiosk, mobile, badge, geofenced and biometric facial recognition punches, so you can match the method to the job. You can also restrict punching by device type for specific roles. Buddy punching gets much harder when the punch has to come from the right person in the right place.
Can Netchex help me build schedules?
Yes. Scheduler warns you when a shift conflicts with approved time off, and attendance rules apply automatically. Time-off requests can follow auto-approval rules you set, and PTO balances come from the same system payroll uses, so employees and managers see one number.
Can new hires finish their paperwork without me?
Yes. Onboarding workflows guide each new hire through forms, policies and acknowledgments in one checklist, and the record flows into payroll without re-entry. That takes the I-9 chase and the handbook signatures off your plate. Teams have cut time-to-hire from three weeks to one day.
Do I need HR experience to use Netchex?
No. Netchex is built for managers who run a location, not an HR department. You get a dedicated Implementation Manager during setup and a dedicated Account Manager afterward, plus a US-based service team that answers 90% of calls in under a minute.

Further reading: U.S. Department of Labor: overtime pay and U.S. Department of Labor: recordkeeping under the FLSA. Requirements vary by state and by employer. This page is general information, not legal or tax advice. Last updated: November 4, 2026.