My employee works 3 days one week and 4 days the next, what do I put for schedule?

Hi there, @Claire Murray.

You can create an unscheduled check to pay your employee in QuickBooks Online (QBO) Payroll. This way, you don't need to assign a pay schedule when paying your employees. Here's how:

1. Go to Workers, then click Employees.
2. Select Run payroll.
3. Find the employee you want to pay, and then select Create another check.
4. Enter employee compensation, including any salary adjustments, vacation or sick hours, and other pay types.
5. Confirm the pay period and check date.
6. Select Preview Payroll, and then Select Submit payroll.
7. If you're creating a paper check, handwrite or print the check and give it to the employee by the check date.
8. Select Finish payroll.

If you want to pay your employees every week, you can set up a bi-weekly schedule for them. For additional reference, you can check out this article: Set up and manage pay schedules in Standard Payroll.

In case you're using QBO Advanced Payroll, you can use this article instead: QuickBooks Online Advanced Payroll hub.

I'm just a reply away if you have other questions with the QuickBooks Online Payroll. Just add the details of your concerns in this thread and I'll help you out.