In Seattle, an overstaffed hour
costs $21.30.
$21.30 is the large-employer floor. That's the cost of one hour you didn't actually need. Coordinex reads three months of your hourly Square sales and drafts next week so you don't pay for guesses.
Seattle, WA
Seattle's 2026 minimum wage is $21.30/hr for large employers (501+) and small employers without medical/tip income credit. Smaller employers with qualifying credits use a slightly lower floor — check the OLS chart. WA does not allow a tip credit at the state level. Seattle Secure Scheduling Ordinance applies to retail/food-service employers with 500+ employees worldwide.
Seattle coffee demand splits across South Lake Union office mornings, Capitol Hill late-afternoon service traffic, and Pike Place market-day weekends. A shop staffed for one will overstaff the others.
What changes Tuesday
$21.30. That's the floor for an hour you didn't actually need.
Most apps ask you to type in how busy you'll be. Nobody types it in. So the schedule is wrong before it ships.
Three months of your Seattle mornings already sit in your Square account. Real numbers. Hour by hour. The thing nobody flips through during a Sunday rebuild.
You still run the shop. We're not pretending the app knows your team better than you do.
We're not a SaaS company that read a coffee blog. One of us grew up inside a family business; the other is still apologizing to a Sunday-night shift list. A market-morning rush in Pike Place and a hill-block afternoon don't share a curve, and one citywide average can't tell them apart. We don't claim to run your shop. We just stop you from guessing the busy hours — using the Square history your block already proved.
Connect Square — 4 minutes
We connect to your Square account and read three months of hourly sales. We don't change a thing in your Square account. Sign in, give read-only permission, done.
Next week, drafted in 12 minutes
Reads three months of your hourly Square sales and drafts next week from that. You spend 12 minutes editing instead of 90 building from scratch. Washington wage assumptions stay visible before publish.
Every Sunday, your demand curve sharpens
Last week's actual sales feed back in. A demand model fitted to your shop adjusts. Next week's draft starts from a smaller error than the last one.
For Seattle teams who keep the coffee moving.
How Seattle coffee shops run differently
- South Lake Union mornings are a 90-minute wave. Office mobile orders peak between 7:45 and 9:15. The lobby empties till lunch. Three on the floor at 8 means one barista, not three, by 10.
- Capitol Hill runs on the afternoon clock. Service-industry baristas come in at 4. The morning is fine; the late afternoon is the question. Staff for both with one curve and you'll miss one.
- Pike Place market mornings pull the weekend forward. Saturday opens at 6:30, not 7. Sunday spikes again around 11. Tuesday, very different shop.
- An overstaffed hour at $21.30 is real money. Three of those a week is $253. A month is over a thousand. The math is the pitch.
Frequently asked
01What does Coordinex actually read from Square?+
Hourly sales, ticket counts, and item sales for the last three months. Read-only. We don't write back, we don't change menus, we don't touch payments.
02Does Coordinex handle Seattle Secure Scheduling?+
Coordinex flags scheduling-change exposure but doesn't auto-comply for you. Those obligations depend on your employer size, your headcount, and your counsel's read of the ordinance. Don't take a marketing page as legal advice. We surface a flag; you make the call.
03My baristas keep asking for advances. Does Coordinex help?+
Earned wage access is built in. They see what they've already earned mid-pay-period and can pull it without going to a payday lender. We don't take a cut from them. You don't get the awkward Monday text.
04Honest question — does it work on Android?+
Not yet. Coordinex is iPhone-only right now. We'd rather ship one platform that's actually good than two that are half-finished. Android is on the list. We won't put a date on it until it's real.
05How much?+
Free up to 5 teammates — no card. $9.99/mo Starter has a 7-day Apple trial. Full pricing at coordinex.app/pricing. If Coordinex isn't useful in week one, delete it.
06We've got someone clocking in for a friend. Can the app catch it?+
Yes. Geofenced clock-in checks the phone is actually at the shop. Buddy-punch detection flags the patterns where one phone clocks in two people. We don't want you to be the cop. We want the clock to be honest.
07Will this work for one shop, or do I need two?+
One shop is the design. Two shops on different blocks get separate models — the office curve and the market curve don't share.
08What happens to my data if I cancel?+
You own it on the way out. Export every schedule, timesheet, and wage record before you delete the app — nothing is held hostage, and we don't lock your history behind a final invoice. Month-to-month, cancel anytime.
Try Coordinex on Tuesday. Connect Square in 4 minutes. Schedule by 9.
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