Case Study: Starky's achieves precise labor cost control and reliable shift coverage with Orbital Shift

The secret ingredient powering Starky's workforce

Starky's, a popular family-friendly restaurant in Bozeman with about 50 employees across seven days, was struggling to manage frequent shift-cover requests (four to five a day) using Excel. Untracked swaps and unqualified staff picking up shifts created operational headaches and risked upsetting tight weekly labor budgets.

By adopting Orbital Shift’s workforce management and time‑clock tools, Kathy Stark can route cover requests by job code, control who can pick up shifts, and monitor labor costs in real time. The result: unqualified pickups have disappeared, labor budgets are far more precise, productive shifts go to the right people, and staff enjoy greater flexibility and trust in scheduling.

Starky’s

Kathy Stark

Owner