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How to set business hours and spoken office hours

What this covers: Working days, common hours, custom time slots, and the spoken message read to callers.

Steps to set your working hours

  1. Go to Admin → Organization Settings and scroll to Specify working hours of the organization and click  edit.

  2. Choose your Common Start Time and Common End Time.

    • Example: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

    • If you are open 24 hours, set 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM.

  3. Select your working days by checking the boxes for Monday through Sunday as needed.

  4. If a specific day has different hours, use Custom Times:

    • Find the day row, for example Monday Custom Times.

    • Click + Add Custom Time Slot.

    • Enter Start Time and End Time for that slot.

    • Repeat to add more slots for lunch breaks or split shifts.

      Example: 8:00 AM–12:00 PM and 1:00 PM–5:00 PM.

    • Use Remove to delete a slot.

  5. When all days look correct, click Save if the button is shown.

Steps to write your spoken office hours

  1. In Organization Information, find Office Hours (Spoken).

  2. Type a friendly sentence that matches the hours you set.

    Example: We are open Monday to Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. On Saturday we are open from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

  3. You can click Write with AI to generate a draft, then edit the text to match your policy.

  4. Click Save if the button is shown.

Examples

  • Single schedule, weekdays only

    • Working days: Monday to Friday

    • Common hours: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM

    • Spoken text: We are open Monday to Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

  • Split shift on Tuesday

    • Common hours: 8:00 AM–5:00 PM

    • Tuesday Custom Times: 8:00 AM–12:00 PM and 1:00 PM–5:00 PM

    • Spoken text: We are open Monday to Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. On Tuesday we are closed from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM.

Troubleshooting

  • If callers hear the wrong time, check that the Timezone is correct.

  • If a day should be closed, either uncheck that day or set no custom slots on that day.

  • Avoid overlapping custom slots on the same day. Overlaps can cause routing confusion.