For workplaces that call overtime by seniority
OTCaller texts every available employee at once, collects one-tap Yes or No answers, and awards the overtime by seniority at the deadline. Every offer and answer stays on the record.
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Text Message · 6:42 AM
Malker Shops OT: Mechanic, Thu Oct 8 07:00-15:00. Respond by Wed Oct 7 19:00: otcaller.com/r?c=k3J9xQ2m Reply STOP to opt out
✓ You answered Yes
Awarded at 19:00 by seniority
1. M. Bouchard
Awarded
2. J. Singh
Awarded
3. R. Dupuis
Declined
Every callout means phoning one person at a time, in order, and keeping track of who said what.
Hours on the phone
Managers call one person at a time, leave voicemails and wait for call-backs while the shift sits unfilled.
Disputes after the fact
"Nobody called me." Without a record of who was offered what and when, grievances are hard to answer.
Mistakes in the order
Paper lists and memory make it easy to skip someone senior, or call someone who's on vacation.
Everything you need to run overtime callouts fairly, from the roster to the award.
ROSTER
Paste your list straight from a spreadsheet. Positions, seniority ranks and qualifications like tickets and certifications all live in one place, and you can see at a glance who has signed up.
Roster · Carman
3 of 4 signed up
1
M. Bouchard
Forklift
Welding
Active
2
J. Singh
Forklift
Active
3
R. Dupuis
Welding
Invited
4
A. Tremblay
Active
CALLOUTS
Pick the position and any required qualifications, add one or more shifts (days and nights in one callout), how many people you need and the deadline. The preview shows exactly who'll be texted and who's skipped, and why, before you send.
New callout
Carman
Requires
✓ Forklift
Thu Oct 8 · 07:00–15:00
2 people
Thu Oct 8 · 19:00–07:00
1 person
18 will be texted
4 skipped: 2 on vacation · 1 paused · 1 missing Forklift ticket
EMPLOYEES
One text with a link: Yes or No for each shift, no app to install, and they can change their answer until the deadline.
Overtime offer
Walker Shops · Carman
Thu Oct 8 · 07:00–15:00
Yes
No
Thu Oct 8 · 19:00–07:00
Yes
No
Answers close Wed Oct 7 at 19:00
AVAILABILITY
Employees keep their own availability in OTCaller. They can pause offers, block off vacation days, or set the hours they'll take overtime. Your callouts skip anyone who's off, so phones don't buzz for shifts people would never take, and you're not waiting on answers that were always going to be no.
My availability
Overtime offers
On
Vacation
Oct 14 – Oct 18
Mon – Fri
06:00 – 18:00
Sat – Sun
Not available
AWARD
At the deadline the shift goes to the most senior people who said yes, and they get a text. The results board shows every offer, answer and skip reason, ready for the union rep.
Results · Thu Oct 8 days
2 of 2 filled
1
M. Bouchard
Awarded
2
J. Singh
Awarded
3
R. Dupuis
Declined
4
A. Tremblay
No response
5
K. Lee
Skipped: missing Forklift
1 text
to everyone available, instead of dozens of phone calls
0 minutes
spent awarding: it happens on its own at the deadline
Every offer
and every answer kept, so the order is never in question
Built by a former shop manager who ran these callouts for years.
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Monthly
Annual · 2 months free
Enterprise: more than 200 employees
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Employees
Everyone you'd call for overtime
Callouts per week
Your average across the year
Hours spent phoning per callout
From the first call until the shift is filled
Hourly cost of the person making the calls ($)
If the calls are made on overtime, use the overtime rate
Fill in your numbers to see your savings.
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