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Employee text message templates

Copy-paste messages for the situations managers text about most, written to be read correctly from a lock screen.

Templates by situation

42 employee text message templates
Copy-paste messages for shift coverage, closures, schedule changes, and emergencies.
Weather closure text templates for employees
Snow days, storms, delayed openings, and early closures — written to read correctly from a lock screen.
Shift coverage text templates
Same-day call-outs, open shifts, swaps, incentives, and the close-out most managers forget.
Holiday schedule text templates
Holiday hours, closures, time-off deadlines, and holiday shift sign-ups.
Schedule change text templates
Last-minute changes, new schedules posted, shift reminders, and hour changes.
New hire welcome text templates
Before day one, first-day logistics, training, and first-week check-ins.
Payday and payroll text templates
Payday reminders, timesheet deadlines, missed punches, and the paycheck-delay message.
Staff meeting and training reminder templates
Mandatory meetings, trainings, and huddles — time, place, pay, and how to confirm.
Emergency text message templates for employees
Evacuations, shelter-in-place, alarms, security incidents, and all-clears. Short, direct, and calm.
Inspection and visit heads-up templates
Health inspections, corporate and franchise visits, audits, and VIP visits — without the panic.
Employee appreciation text templates
Thank-yous and shoutouts after a rush, for covering a shift, anniversaries, and team wins.
Templates for cancelled shifts and sending staff home
Cancelled shifts, slow-day send-homes, and “please don’t come in until we talk” — handled respectfully.

Text your whole team at once

Add your team, they reply YES to confirm, and you broadcast from one dashboard. $5/mo plus $0.75 per employee — no contracts.

Free for 7 days and 60 messages — no credit card. Your trial starts when you send your first broadcast, not when you sign up.