Austin, TX, Aug. 22, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (August 2012) Austin, TX -- HotSchedules, which helps the restaurant and hospitality industries reduce labor costs with its innovative mobile and web-based labor-management solutions, today announced it has been recognized for the 2012 Inc. 500|5000 award - an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest growing companies.
The Inc. 500|5000 award represents the most comprehensive look at America's most successful independent entrepreneurs. HotSchedules was recognized for its 3-year sales growth of 163%, and is listed among other familiar companies including Facebook, Zappos, Jamba Juice, Clif Bar, Levi Strauss and many others. Collectively, the Inc. 500|5000 winners created over 400,000 jobs in the past three years and aggregate revenue reached $299 billion.
The 2012 Inc. 500|5000 list is compiled according to percentage revenue growth from 2008 compared to 2011. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2008, be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent as of December 31, 2011. There are also minimum revenue requirements.
"We're incredibly pleased and proud to be recognized among the fastest-growing companies in the country," said Ray Pawlikowski, HotSchedules' CEO. "It is a direct reflection of our team's passion and dedication to delivering outstanding service to our customers."
Customers of HotSchedules include large and small restaurant chains, as well as independent restaurants, hotels, casinos, valet services, medical clinics and other retail facilities. With over 23M logins a month, the HotSchedules system has become an integral part of these customers' operations. Pawlikowski concluded, "We know our customers rely on us for the smooth operations of their business, which is why service is so important to us. Staying focused on our customers' success is what allows us to maintain our incredible growth trajectory, and be honored with awards like the Inc. 500|5000."
HotSchedules was founded in 1999 by restaurant-industry veterans. The company provides intuitive mobile and web-based employee scheduling, forecasting and paperless hiring solutions. HotSchedules' suite of products streamlines the employee-scheduling process, helps reduce controllable labor costs and increases employee retention. Its mobile applications are consistently rated as one of the top 10 business apps. HotSchedules also provides training and account management backed by a bilingual support team accessible seven days a week. For more information about HotSchedules, visit: www.HotSchedules.com.
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