7shifts was founded in 2014 by Jordan Boesch while working for his dad at Quiznos. He witnessed the pains of building schedules first-hand while watching his dad manage and schedule several employees across his two locations. It was at that point that he began building 7shifts.

7shifts exists with a core purpose - To simplify labor management and improve performance for restaurants, freeing up time for managers to focus on serving their customers. 7shifts focuses 100% on the restaurant industry and uniquely works with best-in-class technology partners to seamlessly integrate all of the stages in the employee lifecycle - from hiring, training, scheduling, paying and engaging/retaining.