Cut tip reconciliation time from 2 hours to 15 minutes per pay period and reduce staff pay disputes.
~2 hrs
Saved / wk
Medium
Setup
No AI
AI
Pull tip data from your POS system into a Coda doc (a flexible spreadsheet and database tool) that automatically calculates each employee's tip totals for the pay period. Then use Make to send each staff member a personal summary so there are no disputes on payday.
~2 hrs
Saved / Week
Some setup required
Setup Complexity
No AI involved
AI Status
Step 1: Export your POS tip report as a CSV and import it into a Coda table at the end of each pay period
Step 2: Build a Coda formula that sums tips by employee name for the pay period dates
Step 3: Connect Coda to Make using the Coda trigger set to 'New Row Added'
Step 4: Add a Make email module that sends each employee their personal tip total using their email from the Coda table
Step 5: Schedule the Make scenario to run automatically on your pay period end date
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