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
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Go to Admin → Organization Settings and scroll to Specify working hours of the organization.
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Choose your Common Start Time and Common End Time.
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Example: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
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If you are open 24 hours, set 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM.
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Select your working days by checking the boxes for Monday through Sunday as needed.
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If a specific day has different hours, use Custom Times:
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Find the day row, for example Monday Custom Times.
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Click + Add Custom Time Slot.
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Enter Start Time and End Time for that slot.
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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.
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Use Remove to delete a slot.
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When all days look correct, click Save if the button is shown.
Steps to write your spoken office hours
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In Organization Information, find Office Hours (Spoken).
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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.
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You can click Write with AI to generate a draft, then edit the text to match your policy.
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Click Save if the button is shown.
Examples
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Single schedule, weekdays only
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Working days: Monday to Friday
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Common hours: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
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Spoken text: We are open Monday to Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
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Split shift on Tuesday
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Common hours: 8:00 AM–5:00 PM
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Tuesday Custom Times: 8:00 AM–12:00 PM and 1:00 PM–5:00 PM
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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.
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Troubleshooting
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If callers hear the wrong time, check that the Timezone is correct.
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If a day should be closed, either uncheck that day or set no custom slots on that day.
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Avoid overlapping custom slots on the same day. Overlaps can cause routing confusion.